Port of Entry Border Station

The Port of Entry Border Station has been in its location in Naco, Arizona for a century. Visitors may park on the US side and walk across into Naco, Sonora, Mexico using a proper, valid government identification to return.

The historic Adobe-style border station, built in 1937, still stands and serves as CBP office space. At one time, trains also crossed the border here, but train service ended early in the 20th Century. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

Its National Register nomination asserted that its “main building is an exceptional example of the Pueblo Revival style.” The two-story building is stuccoed and has “elaborate carved and painted decorations. Features of the building that are typical of the Pueblo style include flat roofs, battered and rounded walls, parapet walls, cutouts, terraces, verandas, roughly hewn rafters and cross pieces (vigas and latias), water spouts (canales), and hewn window lintels. There is also a porte cochere on the front of the building and a decorative, rough-hewn ladder. It has an excellent degree of artistry and integrity of the original design, making it unique among southern border stations and an exceptional example of Pueblo-style buildings.”