 Designed by Walker and Walker of Montpelier, the hatchery buildings are more architecturally distinctive than earlier hatcheries, with a number of Craftsman touches.It was established due to a documented decline in the number of fish in the state's waterways, primarily the result of sport fishing.In the 1950s, the facility was expanded by the addition of a feed storage building, and in the 1960s concrete raceways were added.