Built in 1925, it is notable for its association with the American effort to professionalize midwifery, led by Mary Breckinridge (1881–1965).

[2] It now serves as a bed and breakfast inn and retreat operated by the Service's successor, Frontier Nursing University.

The principal building of the complex now on the property is a 2+1⁄2-story log structure covered with gabled roofs.

It is roughly laid out as two wings joined by a central section, having begun as a traditional dogtrot house.

Wendover became her home and a training facility for a network of clinics she established in the region.