It was built about 1900, and is a two-story frame commercial building.

It is the last surviving building of the New River coal field commercial businesses dated to the turn of the 20th century.

It is owned by the National Park Service as part of the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.

[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

This article about a property in Fayette County, West Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.