The site is on the Teton Park Road overlooking the Willow Flats and Jackson Lake.

[3] The enlargement of Grand Teton National Park was the subject of bitter disagreement in the local population and of resentment in the Forest Service, which had opposed the transfer.

A four-foot wide hole was cut in the floor to remove an underground water tank, leaving the building in poor condition.

In advance of a visit by congressmen in 1943 a live skunk was placed in the building, dying there.

Public opinion blamed Forest Service personnel who did not wish the congressional delegation to see the damage.