Located at an elevation of 1,320 ft (400 m), the station includes a 60-foot-tall (18 m), steel-frame lookout tower erected in 1922 and an observer's cabin built about 1934.

The tower is a prefabricated structure built by the Aermotor Corporation and provided a front line of defense in preserving the Ramapo Mountains from the hazards of forest fires.

The observer's cabin is of light frame construction, sheathed with board and batten siding stained brown.

[2] In 1968 an access road was constructed to facilitate repairs, with both the tower and cabin being upgraded that same year.

The station became a volunteer-run reserve lookout in 1989 when New York State ended its fire observation program.