Fisher, a butcher, was a Swiss immigrant who came to Benicia and purchased a plot of land on July 1, 1858.

The California Gold Rush home is built in an East Coast Federalist architectural style.

After Joseph and Catherine Fischer moved in they repaired and remodeled the home.

The Fischer house was passed down to later generations, then was donated to the State of California in 1969 by Fischer's granddaughters, Raphaelita and Catherine Hanlon, in memory of their sister Marie Rose.

The marker was placed there by California State Parks working with the Solano County Historical Society on September 9, 1976.