The house was built by Falcon Joslin, a Tennessee lawyer who came to Fairbanks and financed construction of the railroad connection to Chena, the head of navigation on the Tanana River.

Joslin's railroad ensured the economic success of Fairbanks, which was then competing with Chena as a supply center for miners in the region.

[2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

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