It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

[1] It is a one-and-a-half-story house built of adobe but covered with scored plaster to appear as masonry.

[2] It was deemed "significant because it is one of Ocate's most important structures and because the interior feature of carved and painted moldings is unique.

Carved and painted wood is a feature frequently found in New Mexican architecture.

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