The house is a 1+1⁄2-story, single-family residence in the American Craftsman style.

The home was purchased by newspaper publisher George P. Putnam and his new bride, Dorothy Binney Putnam, the heiress to the Crayola fortune,[2] following their honeymoon in 1912.

At the time it was the third most expensive home constructed in Bend, Oregon in 1911–1912, at a cost of $4,000.

[6][3] Retaining its original character and charm, a majority of the historic fabric in the house is intact.

This article about a property in Oregon on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.