It was the branch's terminus from its opening until the 1930 extension of the line to 22nd Street.

The Westchester branch, originally intended as a bypass route of the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad (CA&E), opened on October 1, 1926.

As actually built, it was a branch from the CA&E's main line rather than a bypass, and as the CA&E had no immediate need for such a branch it was operated as part of the Chicago "L" by the Chicago Rapid Transit Company.

[2] The station house was influenced by the Prairie and Craftsman schools of architecture.

After the grade separation was carried out, the station house was located on the north side of Roosevelt Road near a parking lot; passengers went through the station house and across a bridge above the tracks and parallel to Roosevelt Road, which descended to an island platform between the tracks.