The building was built at Purple Point above Lake Chelan in the small, unincorporated community of Stehekin, Washington.

It was originally constructed by the United States Forest Service to serve as the residence for the Stehekin District ranger.

The Purple Point-Stehekin Ranger Station House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

One of those ranger stations was located in the small, unincorporated community of Stehekin at the head of Lake Chelan.

Stehekin was particularly isolated, having no connection to the outside world except by horse trail or a fifty-mile boat ride up the length of Lake Chelan.

He arrived in 1910 and served as ranger until 1920, when he resigned from the Forest Service to become general manager of the Golden West resort hotel in Stehekin.

During Weeman's long tour as district ranger, the Forest Service enjoyed a particularly good relationship with the Stehekin community.

As a result of this action, the Purple Point ranger station and the forest land around Stehekin were transferred to the National Park Service.

There is a large porch running the full length of the building's west side where the main entrance overlooks Lake Chelan.

In 1939, the Civilian Conservation Corps crew built a barn and a gas and oil house for the ranger station.

The ranger station's warehouse and crew barracks still exist as well; however, both structures have lost their historic significance as a result of numerous alterations.