This unique one-story house is veneered in dark polychrome sandstone combined with light limestone and petrified wood. The large front gabled portico has wide segmental arched openings which contribute to the building’s massive feeling. Narrow round arch windows flank the equally massive front chimney. According to tax records, the house was built about 1926 for Alvin D. and Velnia H. Holden. John H. and Ada Humphreys purchased the house in 1930, and they hired Roy Irby in 1933 to stone veneer the building. The Humphreys occupied the house until 1944. Mr. Humphreys worked as a salesman for Well Machinery and Supply Co.
