It was built 1869–1870 on land originally owned by Pedro Huizar, and which was once part of San Antonio de Valero Mission.

Later, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners remodeled the house after they purchased the structure; and in 1968 it received a zoning exemption due to its inclusion in the King William District.

[2] In 1974, the San Antonio Conservation Society (SACS) raised enough funds to purchase the home for $250,000, half of which came from the Sheerin Foundation.

The Economic Development Administration provided a grant, 20% of which was matched by SACS's fund raising, to restore the home.

[5] It is listed on the NRHP in Bexar County, Texas, as a contributing structure of the King William Historic District.

In 1852, he married San Antonio resident María Guadalupe Olivarri, whose ancestors were among the first Canary Islanders to arrive in the area in 1731.