The overlook was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007 for having state-level significance in politics/government and landscape architecture.

It was nominated as a leading example of the early wayside rests developed by the Minnesota Department of Highways Roadside Development Division, as well as for its sophisticated and well-preserved National Park Service rustic architecture, and for being an important work of Minnesota landscape architect Arthur R.

[3] The construction is an excellent example of the National Park Service Rustic style, which emphasized the use of locally indigenous materials.

[3] This overlook was one of several roadside development projects in the Stillwater area designed by Minnesota Highway Department landscape architect Arthur R. Nichols and built under Depression-era relief programs.

Other projects in this time included an overlook north of Stillwater, a roadside parking area at the St. Croix Boom Site, and an Indian battleground historic marker.