The house was built in 1893. According to its 1977 NRHP nomination, the house "is architecturally significant as a rare example of the influence of the Richardsonian Romanesque mode of design on residential architecture of the state. The high quality of craftsmanship represented in the building is also significant."[2]
It is also a contributing building in the Payson Historic District, which was listed on the National Register in 2007.[3]