The 10-acre (40,000 m2) property, located at 4100 Red River Street, originally featured guest houses, a triangular elevator, a bowling alley, and a sunken garden.

The home features a Mediterranean villa style that somewhat resembles buildings at the nearby University of Texas.

[7][8][9] Edgar Howard (E. H.) Perry and his colleagues "were responsible for the majority of the growth and development of downtown and suburban Austin from the 1920's to the 1950's.

"[1] When E. H. Perry sold the estate to Herman Heep in 1944 he moved into the Driskill Hotel, which he co-owned with others.

[1] Folk singer Nanci Griffith attended school on the property when it was Holy Cross High School[16] together with her friend, Margaret Mary Graham, the subject of Griffith's early song "There's a Light Beyond these Woods (Mary Margaret).