Henry P. Peters, a resident of Enderlin, North Dakota and a conductor on the Soo Line railroad, which passed through nearby Glenwood, purchased a cottage in 1908.

[3] By 1918, Peters was able to buy out the other stockholders and secure a controlling interest in the resort; the name was soon changed to Sunset Beach Hotel.

The resort is of historic interest for its link with the early development of one of Pope County's significant aspects, its seasonal population.

[3] The dining room is decorated with panels illustrating local Native American lore painted by Gustav Krollman (1888–1962).

His work rose to fame in the United States when he started creating paintings to promote tourist destinations for the Northern Pacific Railway, and he later became an instructor at what is now the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

The rectangular building has two stories with a projecting two-story screen porch at the front, and features a hip roof with gambrel dormers, clapboard siding, brackets, and exposed rafter ends.

Each section is capped with a hip roof with gabled vents at the peaks, and features irregularly spaced rectangular windows.

The court area includes a second story balcony on three sides; the original wooden balustrade has been replaced with a metal rail.