The house was built in 1900 for noted Columbus pharmacist John A. Jones and his wife Maggie May Roberts Jones.

The two-and-a-half story house has a Queen Anne design, a style which was popular both locally and nationally at the time; the house's architect is unknown.

The house's design includes a wraparound front porch supported by Tuscan columns, an octagonal tower on the southern corner, and a complex roof with shingled gable ends.

The Jones couple lived in the house until their deaths in 1946 and 1948.

[2] The house was added to the State and the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.