Constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) beginning in 1937, the lodge was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 2004.

A focus on restoring the structure and grounds began in 2000 and various upgrades and maintenance projects in the interim have maintained the lodge in working order during the 21st century.

[5] An official dedication was held on October 4, 1938 and the keynote speaker was George B. Simpson, a Washington state supreme court judge.

[10] The city, which owned the cabin, proposed placing oversight of the Scout Lodge under the Chehalis parks department in 1964.

[15] During a flood that began in late 1996, the Scout Lodge was used as a temporary Red Cross shelter, protecting almost 40 people.

In coordination, a retaining wall was built to hold back a long-standing issue of a dirt embankment behind the cabin which had begun reach the building.

[19] Due to concerns of falling trees, the forested area behind the cabin in Dobson Park was thinned and parts replanted with flowering species.

[21] As part of earning the rank of Eagle Scout, two members of the Chehalis troop recognized the dilapidated state of the cabin and painted the building in 2000.

[23] Multiple repairs and upgrades to the Scout Lodge occurred in 2020 that included a new flag pole and water intrusion prevention into the building.

[25] The group held a 50-year anniversary at the lodge in 2018, noting that 125 members of the troop had achieved the rank of Eagle Scout since the charter began.

[26] In September 1982, a group of Chehalis scouts found a Soviet Union spy buoy while hiking near La Push, Washington.

The building is situated on slightly landscaped grounds surrounded by a forest and park setting featuring Douglas fir and oak trees.

[6] Named after a local farmer who became a prominent Chehalis banker, the park grounds were donated in 1908 after his death the prior year.