Oliver Lee Memorial State Park is named after the original owner of the Dog Canyon Ranch, Oliver Lee. Lee purchased the property in the late 1800s as a cattle and horse ranching operation. Lee constructed an Adobe house along with a number of outbuildings on the property which he operated as a ranch until he sold the property in 1907. From 1984-1987, State Parks worked with the National Park Service to renovate the ranch house. At that time, NPS owned the property that housed the ranch, while State Parks owned the property around Dog Canyon and operated it as Oliver Lee Memorial State Park. The renovations were completed in 1987, and NPS donated the property to State Parks in 1998. The ranch house has been opened to guided tours and educational programs since that time. Throughout the early 2000s, State Parks worked to have the ranch house and associated out buildings listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places. In 2015, the Dog Canyon Ranch was granted listing on the National Register as an archaeological site. With continued use of the facility, the ranch house needs on-going maintenance to keep it safe for operation. The Ranch House is currently organized as an exhibit with rooms numbered from 1 thru 9.There is a surrounding exterior Porch which has two inner “Breezeway” sections. The Porch has tongue and groove wooden floorboards and a wooden bead-board ceiling. The Ranch House walls are constructed of Adobe with cement stucco exterior plaster and interior Adobe plaster that has been painted over in most rooms. It has a corrugated metal pitched roof with wood sided Gable ends. Most rooms have exhibit materials and descriptive plaques regarding their use over the years.