Design is credited to Alfred C. Finn, when he worked for the Fort Worth architecture firm of Sanguinet & Staats, and was executed in 1912.

The front of the hipped roof includes two wide dormers with multiple-paned sash, and the sides of the main part of the house are graced by two exposed brick chimneys.

Also flanking the main part of the house are a porte-cochere and a sun room, both capped with balustrades, and preserving the overall symmetry of the structure.

He was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi on November 4, 1859, and first moved to Texas in order to manage a ranch in Navarro County.

A year later, Cullinan reorganized his firm, which became the Texas Company, for which Autry served as a founding director and general counsel.