The house was originally built in 1893. In 1923 the exterior was redesigned into its present Tudor Revival configuration. The Queen Anne style was a very popular architectural style at one time in the district. Most houses received a rather subdued Queen Anne treatment, lacking the most flamboyant elements common elsewhere. The Italianate style is well represented in the district.
Several houses feature round arched windows and brackets with pendants.
The house at the left was built in the mid-1870's for a local lumber dealer. It exhibits a number of highly decorative Italianate details in the brackets, Gothic window in the front gable, sawn-wood cornice board, and covered entry porch. The Fifth Street Bluff Historic District is an area that should be viewed on foot. The brick streets with stone curbs, stone retaining walls, mature trees, and historic residences give it a strong sense of time and place.