It consists of a complex of twelve buildings, including a house which was built in 1900 by the original homesteader, Charles Barber.

The house is a fairly typical American Foursquare structure, which reached its present configuration by enlargement in 1914.

[1] The listing was expanded in 1996 to include a granary built by Barber, which is located on what is now a separate property across the street.

Franklin Barber initially ran the general store in Lily when he laid claim to the farmstead.

In 1889, his son Charles Barber took over the claim and filed for a patent under the Timber Culture Act of 1878.