This large two-story wood-framed house was built in 1911 by contractor John E. Rice for Reuben Long, a traveling salesman later associated with the Ellison Furniture & Carpet Co. Long took in boarders and owned the house until 1943. It is a fine example of a recurring type (see, for example, 2405 Lipscomb Street, probably by the same builder), with gabled bays projecting from a hipped block. An expansive porch wraps around to the south side of the house, supported by thick round columns on bases of concrete block which simulate stone. Roof eaves flare and are soffitted.
