It was initially planned that the station house would be constructed with brick, but it's said that with the station being located near to Nijo-jo Castle, the plan was changed to a construction in the Japanese style in consideration of the landscape, or that it would follow the graceful example set by the station house of Utsunomiya Station on the Tohoku Main Line.
当初はレンガ造りの駅が計画されていたものの、二条城の近くでもあることから景観へ配慮して和風建築に改めたとも、東北本線宇都宮駅の駅舎が優美であったため模倣したとも言われている。