Warren Hickox, Jr. ran a real estate and loan business in Kankakee, Illinois.

The interior is adapted from "A Home in a Prairie Town" and the exterior is based on "A Small House with Lots of Room in It".

[3] These designs themselves may have been based on "Primitive Chinese House", an article in Histoire de l'Habitation Humaine, depuis les Temps Préhistoriques Jusqu'à nos Jours by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.

[3] Interior woodwork, except oak floors, is Georgia pine and is suggestive of Tudor half-timber framing.

[5] The house retains much of its original integrity except for the removal of the kitchen entrance and south terrace.