Built in 1842 by George Case for his wife's sister and husband, Robert and Eliza Ridgway Williams, this was the first structure in Batesville to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. When Robert Williams' widow emigrated to California in 1853, Case took possession of the house, and later deeded it to his daughter, Mary Catherine Case Maxfield, who owned the house until her death in 1940.
The structure was built by George Case for Robert and Eliza Ridgway Williams' wife's sister in 1842. It became the first Batesville building on the National Register of Historic Places. After Robert Williams' widow relocated to California in 1853, Case took possession of the house, which he later gave to his daughter, Mary Catherine Case Maxfield, who owned it until her death in 1940.