Designed by Frank T. Smith of Beaumont and built in 1902, the Kirby-Hill House was the home of James L. Kirby and Martha Slater Kirby. James Kirby was superintendent of the Kirby Lumber Company, founded by his brother John Henry Kirby. Most of the home's materials came from the Kirby Mills. Its Colonial revival and Victorian stylistic features include vertical siding, 48 pillars, curved walls, and six shingled gable ends. The house was inherited by the Kirbys' daughter Lucy and her husband Austin M. Hill, Sr., and their descendants lived there until 1990.