The grounds include a log Finnish sauna built by Alex and Eugene Halone with assistance from Lauri Suikaonen in 1946–51.

[2] Halone started the house in 1909, digging a 12-foot (3.7 m) by 12-foot (3.7 m) basement with sandstone walls and a temporary roof, in which he and his family lived that winter.

A chimney on the east side of the house uses slate, pink granite and sandstone, and incorporates a balcony and a window.

Other contributing structures include a garage from the 1920s, a barn, and the sauna, which is noted on the National Register nomination as "exceptionally significant."

[3] Alex Halone was born on 18 June 1877 in Finland, the son of granite cutter Anti Halonen and his wife Anna Liisa Karkkainen.

Halone's work in Thermopolis included the Emery Hotel and Skinner Building (both now demolished) and the stonework on the Hot Springs County Courthouse.

Alex and his son Eugene worked together from 1928 to 1935, doing stonemasonry at Yellowstone, Grand Canyon and Sequoia National Parks.

On the east side of the house is a stacked and squared chimney extending the height of the first floor, supporting an enclosed balcony.

[3] The log sauna was built late in Alex Halone's life over several years with the help of his son Eugene and a fellow Finnish immigrant, Lauri Suikaonen.