Built in the early 1870s, it is a surviving element of the railroad infrastructure that enabled Wakefield's growth as an industrial center in the late 19th century.

It is a single-story wood-frame structure, rectangular in plan, with a hip roof that has deep eaves supported by large knee braces, which are set in paneled pilasters on the walls.

A polygonal bay projects on the track-facing facade, that would have been used by a telegraph operator or ticket agent.

The present station first appears on city maps in 1874, suggesting a construction date between then and 1870.

The exterior was restored to its original red-and-white colors based on a 1917 postcard.