The land under the structure was purchased by Mountain View in 1929 for $10 from Wallace and Alice Angelo; it was used for a pump station and reservoir and served as the town's primary water source.

[2] The structure was built in 1934 as a New Deal, Civil Works Administration project during the Great Depression, and was constructed by local laborers using adobe bricks.

[3] The project also involved the time and money of members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, one of the building's first tenants.

[2] After the war, the structure took on many more civilian events, and was renamed the Eagle Shack teen center as it hosted high school dances and numerous weddings in the late 1940s.

[3] The building is now rented by the city as an event center, and includes a modern catering kitchen, office and great room with space for 100 in indoor dining.