Similar to weather bureau buildings constructed by the federal government across the country, this is one of only four surviving of its type in the nation. The building, one of the earliest classically styled buildings in Abilene, is two stories in height of red brick on a raised basement of rusticated brick coursing. A tall flight of steps leads up to the one-level entrance porch, which is supported by square Doric pillars with inset Ionic columns. Windows are rectangular with brick voussoirs and keystones, and the entablature has a stone architrave and cornice with a brick parapet above and a pediment at the center. The station director and family occupied the second-floor apartment. The weather station operated until 1946, when it was moved to the airport. The building was used for a business college (1961–1975) and as offices since 1980.
Adjacent at 1450 N. 1st is the handsome, two-story, seven-bay-wide Guitar Building, constructed as the Capital Motor Company Chevrolet showroom (1929, William J. Nichol and George F. Campbell). Clad in buff brick, it features a frieze of corbel tables framing a central Spanish Renaissance–style centerpiece.