It was built in 1912 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

[1] It was deemed significant as the oldest surviving building in Taylor County, Florida and for its close association with John Henry Parker, the longest serving sheriff of the county.

[2] "It was also deemed significant "as one of the few remaining jail-sheriff's residences remaining in Florida" and as an example of the work of Benjamin Bosworth Smith, a prominent architect in the Southeast in the early twentieth century, and as an example of the early twentieth century use of reinforced concrete.

"[2] Benjamin Bosworth Smith had designed the Taylor County Courthouse a few years earlier.

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