It is a log building with a three-storey false facade[2] on First Avenue at the corner of Church Street in Dawson City, Yukon.

[18][19] Pierre Berton and other Dawson City natives urged the Government of Canada to save and restore the structure.

[22][23] It was designated a National Historic Site of Canada on 12 June 1982, and a commemorative plaque is installed on a large rock adjacent to the building.

[24] It was selected based on its "representation of typical commercial structures built at the height" of the Klondike Gold Rush, such as siting flush to the sidewalk, roof pitch, three-storey false facade, and log construction.

[25] It forms part of the Dawson Historical Complex with other frontier buildings identified by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, including the adjacent St. Paul's Anglican Church, the Bank of British North America building, and the Carnegie Library.