It was deemed "significant as an example of Scandinavian vernacular architecture in Utah" in its historic site inventory form, which describes it:This house is an example of the TYPE IV pair house, a type distinguished by the presence of an indented porch on the facade.

The house is built of a locally fired, yellow brick with the walls laid in a common bond fashion.

Originally the house was only a single story and had straight gable roof and stove chimneys paired internally on the ridge.

Expanding the house here simply meant adding a second story gabled room to each of the existing three bays.

[2] The house is also associated with Jens Petersen, who was born in Ramsin, Hvidbjerg, Denmark in 1860, and who immigrated to Utah in 1875 with his father Niels and brother Andreas.