This ranch house was built in 1950 to serve as an outstation for a small cattle operation in the area. The small house consists of two bedrooms, a bathroom, a combined living and dining room, a storage room, and a kitchen. A set of corrals, sheds and a watering trough were also constructed. The ranch saw seasonal use until 1987. The Santa Cruz Island Foundation rehabilitated the house in 1996.

Jesus Ildefonso, a vaquero working for Carey Stanton, recalled that Carey Stanton used Rancho del Norte to doctor and brand one-year-old calves; it was not a shipping point. Cowboys gathered at the ranch, spread out to gather cows and their calves, and brought them into the holding corrals. The calves would be separated and brought through the squeeze chute where they were branded, vaccinated, and if necessary, castrated.