James H. Montgomery was a partner in Joel Turney & Co., which manufactured farm wagons and was largest private-sector employer in Jefferson County before World War I.

[2] The factory closed in 1932 as a result of the Great Depression and the decline in the use of horse-drawn wagons.

It features a wrap-around porch and a two-story frame carriage house behind it.

The house's historical significance is derived from its architecture and its association with the development of industry in Fairfield.

This article about a property in Jefferson County, Iowa on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.