It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for local significance in architecture for its transitional Italianate/Eastlake design.

Rudolph Latto was a German immigrant who arrived in Hastings in 1856 and rose from poverty to wealth as a brewer, banker, hotelier, and grocer, affording him the means to build his grand home.

When Latto and his wife died without issue, they donated the building to the city for use as a hospital.

With the building by then in need of major restoration, the Hastings government approved its sale to a private party.

The new owners completed a restoration and reopened the house in 1989 as a bed and breakfast inn.