While it resembles a log cabin, it was built using stacked milled 2x6 lumber to form the walls.

It is the only such building known to have been built in this manner in the western regions of the National Park Service system.

The building failed under heavy snow loading the year it was built and was substantially rebuilt in 1927.

A renovation in 1999 addressed structural problems arising from the unique construction method, bringing the cabin up to current earthquake code requirements and adding a bathroom in a shed-roofed addition to the rear.

[3] The Warner Valley Ranger Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 3, 1978.