Alexander Blair designed and built these industrial vernacular poured-concrete buildings during 1930-1935 for the Red Hill Estate of John A. Roebling II, son of Washington A. Roebling, who built the Brooklyn Bridge. Built to withstand hurricanes and humid subtropical conditions, the complex includes a largest building with a distinctive saw-tooth roof, an original seven-unit storehouse and attached two-story residence, as well as a garage, generator building, and deep-well pump house. In 1941, Roebling donated the buildings and surrounding estate to Richard Archbold, an aviator, explorer, and patron of science, who founded Archbold Biological Station here as a facility dedicated to ecological research and conservation. The Roebling buildings were converted to laboratories and offices, and the station manages a 9,000-acre preserve of international conservation importance that harbors the Florida scrub, a globally threatened ecosystem. In 2007, Archbold Biological Station at Red Hill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its significance in architecture, science, and conservation.