Built in 1913 by German immigrant Louis Einstein, founder of Pioneer Mercantile and a founder of Bank of Central California, with extensive real-estate holdings in the county. Einstein helped organize the county library system and was a patron of the liberal arts and music. The house is on the National Register of Historic Resources. It was built on a grand scale. The rounded and undulated eaves give the roof an English thatch motif.
Walls are two-bricks thick for insulation.
Einstein is said to have wanted the location so he could continue to walk to his business downtown. The family previously lived in the Nob Hill area south of Tulare on Van Ness Avenue. The house is Craftsman English Cottage style. Some TLC would help the structure now used for offices. Robert Hotchkin, architect.