[2] The house features an octagonal turret at the south end of a wraparound porch, a gable roof, and (originally) a lava rock foundation.

[3] In 1904 a cement sidewalk was constructed from the Rice House to downtown Caldwell,[4] a distance of approximately 16 blocks.

John C. Rice (January 27, 1864—November 7, 1937) served as a judge on the Idaho Supreme Court 1917-1923 and was chief justice 1920–1922.

[5] Rice graduated with a law degree from Cornell University in 1890[6] and moved to Caldwell.

In 1890 he formed a law partnership with John T. Morrison[7] that lasted until 1894,[8] the year Rice helped to found the Caldwell Commercial Bank.