The station was built in 1882 by the Reading Railroad, and added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 31, 1974.

[3] By the 1900s, roughly 50 trains stopped at the station, carrying mail, passengers and freight from Trenton, Philadelphia and New York and was round the clock staffed by an agent and three clerks.

[3] After World War I, automobile ownership rose and the station declined, cutting Sunday services in 1945.

[3] The station is located along the CSX Trenton Subdivision and West Trenton Line which New Jersey Transit plans to revive for commuter rail service, however these plans do not include the reopening of the station, which is now a private residence.

[citation needed] The station is built of sandstone with a mansard roof and center pavilion in the Victorian style.