Depot Street is in part a historical alignment of the main east–west road through Andover, now bypassed by U.S. Route 4.

The walls are finished in vertical board siding, with applied Stick style elements, especially in the upper sections.

[2] The Northern Railroad was a line run between Concord, New Hampshire, and White River Junction, Vermont, beginning in 1847.

At the time of its National Register listing, it was one of fourteen surviving railroad stations in Merrimack County, of which most had been substantially altered.

The homestead site and grave of magician Richard Potter and his wife are located across the railroad right-of-way from the station.