By the late 1800s it traded and processed tobacco from the surrounding farms, and the downtown had grown to span both sides of the Rock River.

The house has a complex roofline, a corner tower, an asymmetric wraparound porch, and varied surface textures, in the clapboard first story versus the shingled second.

Of interest in this design are the triangular pediments looking out of the gable peaks and the decorated frieze beneath the eaves.

Inside the house, walls are plastered, and most first floor rooms have crown moldings and picture rails.

[3] After the Joneses left the house in the early 20th century, it became a rental property and fell into disrepair.