Eben J. Ramsey had the two-story, brick, Romanesque Revival commercial building constructed in 1895.

Its significance is derived from its association with both the furniture and funeral business.

This marked the separation of a business marketing goods with one that provided services.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.

This article about a property in Keokuk County, Iowa on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.