It was built in 1872 for Levi Stewart, who converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with his family in Illinois in 1837.

[2] He built his house shortly after, and it was designed in the Gothic Revival and Late Victorian styles.

[2] The house was acquired by Edwin D. Woolley, a native of Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1889.

[2] He lived in this house with his first wife, Emma, and their children, including Mary E. Woolley Chamberlain, who served as the mayor of Kanab from 1911 to 1913.

[2] The house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 6, 2001.