The Dean family were prominent mercantile and community leaders in Magnolia in the early 1900's. In 1919, W.A. (Willie) Dean constructed this house and completed it a year later in time for his wedding to Gertrude Crook. They lived in this house until Willie's death in 1963. The home is a typical one-story craftsman bungalow-style house popular in the early 1900's, constructed of pine and hardwoods milled at a Magnolia sawmill, and it is an excellent example of typical 20th century small community housing.