The ATSF first built a line through the city in 1872, bypassing the county seat of Cottonwood Falls.

Strong City's first railroad station was a simple wood building, and after a 1902 fire the town replaced it with a board-and-batten structure.

The Strong City depot is typical of the ATSF's corporate architecture at the time and includes elements of the American Craftsman and Mission Revival styles.

It served passenger trains until the late 1940s and continued to function as a railway office for many years afterward.

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