It is the oldest house in Sabine Parish still at its original site,[2] and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Henry and Nancy had acquired a large number of acres between Rio Hondo and the Sabine River and had become wealthy.

[2] Henry Stoker was one of about 80 first settlers of the original Spanish land grant Rio Hondo lands in Sabine Parish who filed in 1824 for ownership;[3] legal title was finally obtained by descendants only in 1878.

[2] The house is located about 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Many, Louisiana, "on the old San Antonio Trace.

[4] The NRHP nomination was written by Rebecca Stoker Kyle, a fifth generation descendant of Henry and Nancy, who had plans in 1976 to restore the house.