It is the only remaining structure from the first half of the nineteenth century in a neighborhood that has since developed into a late nineteenth-century residential area.

[1] The house was built by Judge Joseph B. Crockett (1808–1884), a prominent lawyer and politician who served in various capacities within local and state government in Christian County.

Approximately two years later, he served as Commonwealth Attorney for Christian County and eventually moved to St. Louis, where he continued his legal career and became the editor of a local newspaper, The Intelligencer.

[3][4] Lone Oak is a two-story, seven-bay brick house characterized by its Greek Revival architectural style.

A full-height, pedimented portico held by four stuccoed brick piers covers the three central bays, adorned with a shell design in the tympanum and pendant-like dentils on the entablature.

[1] The interior of the house is notable for its unusual cross-axis entrance hall, deviating from the customary central passage found in similar structures of the period.