The Superintendent's Residence was complete in the 1932-33 construction season. The Superintendent's residence and the Naturalist residence, both display site design principles common to the period used in "estate planning" (residential planning). Sited at slope apex the aim was to "suggest openness and freedom, a naturalistic treatment, at least an informal treatment...[where] the lawn is treated as an extension towards the observer of a distant outside view,...making the estate seem larger than it is by merging its boundaries in those of the surrounding country and repeating within the estate planning found in the adjoining scenery."

The Munson Valley landscape yields important information about the precepts of naturalistic planting design theory and practice as used at Crater Lake National Park. Landscape features of the administrative complex and Superintendent's Residence include spatial organization, site plan, views and visual character all of which remain largely undisturbed. These resources contribute significant information relating to estate (residential) planning concepts prevalent in the 1930's. In addition, the use of native plant materials and natural groupings, and the materials, colors and textures of structures contribute information relating to naturalistic design principles as part of the rustic idiom developed in national parks. [Cultural Landscape Recommendations: Park Headquarters at Munson Valley, by Cathy Gilbert and Marsha Tolon, 1991.]

• Superintendent's Residence, Cultural Landscape Recommendations: Park Headquarters at Munson Valley, by Cathy Gilbert and Marsha Tolon, 1991.

• Superintendent's Residence - Construction of Government Buildings and Landscaping in Crater Lake National Park: Important Additions to Headquarters Complex in 1932, Historic Resource Study, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, 1984