[3] The complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 9, 1981, for its significance in agriculture.

Two of the buildings were renovated and turned into the Clifton Arts Center Gallery and Studio.

[6][7] The station originally contained 27 buildings built between 1900 and 1907 on a 49-acre (20 ha) property.

It operated from 1900 to 1979 to receive and isolate foreign animals entering the country.

[4] In 2000, the Clifton Arts Center, founded by Gloria J. Kolodziej, opened here using two of the brick barns.