It was built of rough-hewn logs uneven notching at the corners, and with mud chinking. They are also of unhewn chestnut logs, concrete chinking, brick chimneys, and asphalt shingles. The logs used to build the walls are square-hewn and closely fitted, without chinking. The timbers are notched at the corners and have mortar chinking. Logs for the cabin are peeled Engelmann spruce with full dovetail notch and oakum chinking. It is constructed of stacked adzed logs with dovetail corner joints and mud chinking. Boy scouts replaced chinking and stained the logs. The cabin is built of peeled logs, saddle-notched, with split log wedge chinking. It is fashioned from peeled logs, with the gaps filled with moss, oakum, and chinking. The cottage is a 1-1/2 story building built with round logs with cement chinking. The name "J. L. King" and the date "1942" are scratched into the chinking.