The Patrick and Margaret Kinney House was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and it was built in 1951.

[3] Patrick Kinney and his wife, Margaret, built the house to raise their three children in.

Patrick Kinney, a prominent lawyer, worked as the general contractor on the building in order to cut down on costs.

Additionally, while Wright suggested the building should be made out of concrete blocks, the Kinneys decided on using stone.

Every day Patrick Kinney "would be up at the crack of dawn and quarry two loads of stone and deliver them to the site... before heading off to court or the office.