The United States station is located on the northwest side of Route 147, on a triangular parcel bounded by the border, the road, and the railroad tracks.
 It is a 1-1/2 story Colonial Revival brick building, with single-story garage wings extending from both sides.
 A port-cochere extends across two lanes, providing shelter for arriving vehicles as they are processed.
 The front facade of the building is five bays wide, and basically symmetrical, with two sash windows on either side of the entrance.
 The entrance is itself asymmetrical,  with a sidelight window on the left side and a transom window above.
 This is topped by a round-arch brick pattern set in the wall, with a projecting marble keystone.
 The wings are wood-framed and clad in vinyl siding; that on the left was originally used for customs inspections, but has been converted entirely into office space.
 Behind the main building is a World War II-era concrete block truck inspection facility.

The station was built in 1933 as part of a major program to improve the nation's border security, brought on by more widespread use of the automobile for travel, smuggling that had increased by Prohibition, and illegal immigration.
 The conversion of the customs bays to offices was an early alteration, and the port-cochere is a stylistically sympathetic replacement, built to meet requirements for handling higher-clearance vehicles than the original.
 The stations is one of ten period border stations in the state of Vermont to survive, the most of any state.
The United States station is located on the northwest side of Route 147, on a triangular parcel bounded by the border, the road, and the railroad tracks.  It is a 1-1/2 story Colonial Revival brick building, with single-story garage wings extending from both sides.  A port-cochere extends across two lanes, providing shelter for arriving vehicles as they are processed.  The front facade of the building is five bays wide, and basically symmetrical, with two sash windows on either side of the entrance.  The entrance is itself asymmetrical,  with a sidelight window on the left side and a transom window above.  This is topped by a round-arch brick pattern set in the wall, with a projecting marble keystone.  The wings are wood-framed and clad in vinyl siding; that on the left was originally used for customs inspections, but has been converted entirely into office space.  Behind the main building is a World War II-era concrete block truck inspection facility.
The station was built in 1933 as part of a major program to improve the nation's border security, brought on by more widespread use of the automobile for travel, smuggling that had increased by Prohibition, and illegal immigration.  The conversion of the customs bays to offices was an early alteration, and the port-cochere is a stylistically sympathetic replacement, built to meet requirements for handling higher-clearance vehicles than the original.  The stations is one of ten period border stations in the state of Vermont to survive, the most of any state.
Norton–Stanhope Border Crossing