George C. Poston was a retired Weatherford merchant, owner of Baker-Poston Department Store in Weatherford as well as president of Southwestern Building & Loan Association and vice president of Kingsbery Manufacturing Co. This two-story house was constructed in a prominent corner location in the University Place subdivision in 1926; architect Wiley G. Clarkson was responsible for the design. Faced in dark polychrome brick, the Mediterranean style house has a staggered plan with three interlocking hipped roofs covered in red Mission tile. A one-story blocky porticowith parapeted roof terrace is set in the southeast corner of the staggered plan; the portico and window sills are embellished with cast stone trim.
