In 1913, W.T. and Lennie Barnett Ivy moved to what is now the corner of Ivy Place and McCollum Drive. Their original home, built circa 1900, was destroyed by fire in 1925, and in 1926 they rebuilt the existing Prairie-style Craftsman farmhouse, incorporating the central chimney of the earlier structure, the only feature to survive the fire. The house stood on approximately 500 acres of farmland, about half of it in mature apple orchards, making it part of one of the area's largest apple orchards. It was among the first households in the area to have electricity and a reliable water source for the orchards because of its proximity to utility lines powering Bentonville's water supply pumps. W.T. Ivy was a prominent community member who served on the Board of the Benton County National Bank and the Bentonville School Board and owned the building on the southeast corner of the Bentonville Square known as the W.T. Ivy Block. The home was later owned for more than thirty years by Judge Sidney McCollum and his wife Kay, and McCollum Drive was named in recognition of their contribution to the community. In 2006, homeowners Darlene Nicolau and her husband Tyler Elm renovated and restored the home while respecting its architectural integrity and restoring original features throughout. Nicolau trained in interior architecture and design at La Salle College of Art and Design in Montreal, Canada.