[1] It is in the Queen Anne style with Eastlake architecture features.

[2] It exemplifies the Queen Anne style, with a square tower on the southwest corner and an elaborate vergeboard in the north gable.

The porch posts, brackets, and spindles reflect the Eastlake style.

[3] The home was built for James E. Merrill who started an iron works in Jacksonville in 1875.

The city acquired the house in its preparations to build the Vystar Veterans Arena.