The house was built for James B. Anderson during 1898–1901. It is a two-and-a-half-story house which was deemed "significant as one of the best examples of Colonial Revival style architecture in Tampa, Florida. ...[T]he house is a masterly example of Colonial Revival design, subtly combining materials, textures, and patterns in a free but harmonic relationship to each other." The house's asymmetrical design and a wraparound porch are elements of Queen Anne style architecture in the United States.[2]