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Sorenskriver Niels Paulsen built Nesgård at Arenes in 1736, with a 28-metre-long main building measuring 377 square metres. A stone arch bridge led directly to the church via Kirkevika, a bay that used to lie between the church and Arenes. Several prominent owners over the years include Eidsvoll man Christen Mølbach. Nesgård's main building was remodelled in 1854 into a shorter building in the Empire style.
When construction of the Jærbanen railway began in 1874, Kirkevika was filled in again. Nesgård was sold to the State Railways as a station area. To save money on the station building, the main building at Nesgård was rebuilt and reused instead. In 1878, the railway between Stavanger and Egersund was completed. Travellers on steamships along the coast could now avoid the infamous stretch of sea off Jæren.
The first station building quickly became worn out, and in 1906 the last remnants of Nesgård were demolished and replaced by a new brick building designed by architect Paul Armin Due. The track down to Egersund town centre was already a siding after the opening of the Flekkefjord Railway in 1904. The station was moved to Eie in 1944 with the opening of the Sørlandsbanen railway, with the exception of the freight department, which remained here until 1952. For the next few decades, the building was used as a coach station and rehearsal rooms for bands and choirs, and was then known as "Tonehuset". It was demolished in 1980.
