The house was built in 1867 for Robert Wood Hamilton, a Civil War veteran who served as circuit clerk of Jackson County and postmaster of Carbondale.

The front porch of the house is supported by four posts, which are linked at the top by trefoil arches.

The opposite side of the front facade features a second-floor balcony with a quatrefoil-patterned railing.

[2] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 5, 1982.

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