The War Department acquired the 93.5-acre property between 1946 and 1948 and used it as a regional air defense headquarters, incorporating transmitter and receiver facilities, housing, administration and recreational buildings.
On 10 November 1949 the division transferred to the Western Air Defense Force.
The Air Force declared the Silver Lake facility excess in 1953; it subsequently became residential and school property.
Today, no evidence of the station remains, being part of the greater Seattle, Washington urban area.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency