It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, built in 1904 for William A. and Sally Baker Short.

The house has elaborate Colonial Revival styling, most prominent on the exterior in the semicircular porch extending across its front.

Detailed woodwork in a variety of woods is found inside.

[2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

This article about a property in Phillips County, Arkansas on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.