It has a low-pitched hipped roof, tall slender windows with segmented arches, decorative eave brackets, and a single-story front porch with square supports.

The house was constructed by David Guitar, an officer in the Union forces (the 61st Regiment of the Enrolled Missouri Militia) during the American Civil War.

[4] Other documentation of Guitar's Union service includes the front-page obituary published on Jan. 2, 1912, in the University Missourian.

The National Register of Historic Places document cites the correct source and page but concludes incorrectly that the Enrolled Missouri Militia is a Confederate force.

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