Pleasant Home is an important example of early Prairie style. The house is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places; it was added on June 19, 1972. In addition to the structure's individual listing on the National Register it was listed as a contributing property to the Ridgeland-Oak Park Historic District when the district was added to the National Register in 1983. On June 19, 1996 Pleasant Home was declared a U.S. National Historic Landmark. Two days prior to the National Historic Landmark designation the village of Oak Park's village board declared the John Farson house an Oak Park Landmark. The Farson House is among the earliest of the Prairie style buildings. The house is considered the finest surviving example of Maher's work.