It is the largest log structure built entirely of chestnut in West Virginia.

Also on the property are a log cottage (1940), two frame dormitories (1942), a water tower (1940), and a small pond (1940).

The camp was established by an act of the West Virginia legislature in 1937, and developed as a project of the Works Progress Administration starting in 1939.

The site hosts The Appalachian String Band Music Festival.

This article about a property in Fayette County, West Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.