At the turn of the 20th century, the Northern Texas Traction Co. succeeded with an interurban railway between Fort Worth and Dallas, and in 1911 plans began for a new line from Fort Worth to Cleburne by way of Everman, Burleson, and Joshua. By then Burleson had about 700 residents, an active business district, and incorporated in 1912. That year the Fort Worth Southern Traction Co. came to town seeking employees and arranged for businessman and community leader Albert H. Loyless to serve as its local representative. He moved his Loyless-Robbins Pharmacy from a two-story wooden building across the street to a new brick building at this site. Behind it, the company built an electrical plant and freight dock, while the pharmacy, with a soda fountain and interurban ticket counter, occupied the front of the orange-brick structure. The electrical train line made its first public run through Burleson on September 1, 1912. From then until 1931, the train carried people in and out of town, brought goods from other cities, and helped make the pharmacy a community center. In 1935, after interurban service had ended and motor coaches and automobiles had replaced it, Loyless accepted the post of Burleson postmaster and moved his business next door to the post office. Robert Deering then bought the former pharmacy building and published his newspaper, the Burleson News, later the Burleson Dispatcher, there. The city later bought the building for use as a visitors center.