Opened in 1852 as a flag stop and located in the Topstone section of Redding, Connecticut, the original station building was destroyed in 1891 by a speeding freight train.

On August 11, 1891, the original station building was destroyed when a northbound freight train derailed.

[2] By the early 1900s, the station had begun to serve local cider mills.

[4] The station consisted of a main station house and an adjacent low-level side platform that was located on the west side of the Danbury Branch's two tracks at this location.

The station was flanked on the north side by Topstone Road and on the west by Simpaug Turnpike in Redding.