The building has a long history of remodeling work including an 1896 transformation by famous American architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

[8] The building was eventually converted into a residence by architect Charles E. White, Jr., Roberts' son-in-law and an employee in Wright's studio in the years 1903–1905.

[7] The structure displays a steeply pitched, side gabled roof, rounded bay and half-timbering, all common elements of the Tudor Revival style.

The house has a vertical upsweep which projects a sense of shelter and safety associated with the broad, overhanging eaves found in Wright's roof designs.

[8] Wright's work on the stable introduced angularity and converted it from a barn to a building which conveyed a meld of country charm and modernity.

The prominent roof features second-story dormers, and its massive scale is balanced by Wright's placement of towering chimneys at either end of the house.

[10] The building once sat at the rear of the Charles E. Roberts House, a locally designated Oak Park Landmark, today it stands next door to that structure.