The city was platted in 1855, and soon after they began to campaign for a rail line into the town.

The Sac City & Wall Lake Railroad was formed that year and the tracks were laid between the two towns in 1878.

The Chicago & North Western Railroad acquired the line in 1884, and built a two-story frame depot in Sac City.

It was a combination depot, passenger and freight, that utilized Chicago & North Western's Number One standard plan.

This article about a property in Sac County, Iowa on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.