It was built around 1907 by Hilario Lopez, who worked as a carpenter for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

[2] The house is an example of New Mexico vernacular architecture, with adobe walls and a corrugated metal roof.

The house has a hipped roof with exposed rafters and a shed-roofed wooden porch supported by six turned columns.

The front elevation is symmetrical with two wood-framed sash windows flanking the main entrance door.

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