 The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 for its local significance in the themes of architecture and exploration/settlement.As one of the original houses in Valley Creek, it was nominated for helping to depict one of the many small Washington County settlements that formed around a commercial venture—though one that never progressed to formal platting—and the community's two-decade preference for Greek Revival architecture.Valley Creek was later formally incorporated into Afton.