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This home was originally built as one of Ridgway's early farm houses, circa 1860 and remains one of the towns few examples of lovely Queen Anne Victorian architecture. Its graceful gables and the finest of Hyde Murphy & Company's hand carved woodwork lend to its charm. The first floor windows are adorned with beautiful mulit-faceted stained and jeweled window transoms.

The home boasts five bedrooms with yellow pine refinished flooring. The rooms are large and sunny with larger than average closets. The formal living, dining, music and breakfast rooms display hardwood mosaic inlay flooring, Judges Panelling, and three hand carved oak fireplaces.

There is a working kitchen, with a "blank pallet" room ready for the man or woman who wants to create the kitchen of their dream. It comes complete with a wood burning fireplace.

A carriage house adorns the back of the property. It has space for two cars, and the second floor houses a two bedroom apartment for rental income. The property has off street parking for seven vehicals and is one block from the center of Historic Downtown Ridgway.