John Looney and his son Henry served in General Andrew Jackson's volunteer company, which built Fort Strother on the Coosa River and later fought at Horseshoe Bend in 1814. Looney's family of nine moved from Maury Co. Tenn. to homestead in St. Clair County in 1817, and a land patent was granted in 1822. The two story log house with double dog-trot is a rare example of pioneer architecture in Alabama. It was restored by St. Clair Historical Society in 1972 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.