The Sleeping Bear Point Life Saving Station was constructed in 1901 by Robert J.B. Newcombe using prototype plans developed by the United States Life-Saving Service.

However, during World War II, operations at the station ceased, and it was eventually closed permanently in 1958.

The Sleeping Bear Point Life Saving Station includes four buildings: a residence, a boat house, a storage shed, and a signal tower.

[2] The residence is a two-story frame building on a cement foundation with a wood-shingled gable roof.

The nearby boat house is also a wooden frame structure, covered with vertical siding and topped with a wood shingle hip roof and an octagonal cupola.