The couple spent $5,000 to build their 2,700-square-foot (250 m2) "Princess Anne" style home, at a time when most new houses in the Oklahoma Territory were being built for about $400.

The Moores, who had moved from St. Joseph, Missouri, invested in real estate and, in 1899, was named president of the Norman Building and Loan Association.

The Lindsay's had one child, Mary Agnes, who attended the University of Oklahoma and married Charles W. Wantland in 1911.

The structure is owned by the city of Norman, while the museum within it is operated by the non-profit Cleveland County Historical Society (CCHS).

The historical society maintains a collection of some 5,000 rare books, photographs, and artifacts in an upstairs storage room within the museum.