The Lake Hubert depot began in 1896 and was slated for demolition when railroad service to the Lake Hubert region ended, but it was preserved through the cooperative efforts of Lake Hubert residents. In 1968, Hugh McCaffrey, who ran the Lake Hubert Store, bought it from the railroad for $1.00, and a few weeks later it was moved to its present one-and-a-half-acre plot and completely renovated with help from area civic groups. The depot had originally stood about 450 feet southeast of its current location. The land was donated to the Lake Hubert Conservation Association by Emma E. Kletschka in memory of her late husband, Herbert Kletschka, the first president and one of the original founders of that organization. Built during the logging boom, the station was at that early time the town's only means of access in or out.