It was built by Pendleton County, Kentucky pioneer Walter Fryer in 1811.

Abraham Vastine, a housebuilder, built this house of limestone from an adjacent quarry, and it has walls two feet thick.

The roof truss system is built of wood framing held together with wooden pegs.

It is a two-story three-bay stone hall and parlor plan house, with one-story frame additions on the east and north.

The home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.