This home was built at the same time as another gambrel roofed residence, the Joseph Bagley house in Hinsdale.  This is another of Wright's "bootleg" houses; it was originally published under the name of Wright's friend and collegue at Silsbee's office: Cecil Corwin.  McArthur's son Albert later designed the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix in 1927; Wright was hired as a consultant to assist in the implementation of Wright's "textile" block system, which McArthur wanted to use in the hotel.  This was Wright's introduction to the warm Arizona winters and he later built Taliesin West in the same area. Warren McArthur was a partner in the Ham Lantern Company.  The other partner was E. E. Boynton, who later built a Wright designed home in Rochester, New York.

In this house Roman brick is used up to the first floor sill, with plaster above.  The entrance is at the side.  The corner octagonal bays are cantilevered out from the sides of the building.  The covered front porch was originally an open terrace.  Around 1901 Wright returned to the house to carry out some interior remodelling, including alterations to the dining room.