Constructed in 1869 of virgin pine and oak by James A. Stinson, the home was built after he came to Texas in 1868 from Georgia, a widower who had served as a colonel in the Confederate Army and brought with him his daughter Sallie. In the eastern area of Wood County, he bought extensive timber and farm lands, operated a large sawmill that sent lumber throughout the state, and became known as an early-day scientific farmer. Mrs. Nathan Jones, a widow with one daughter, Mary, became the second wife of Col. Stinson, and they had two daughters, Lily and Cliffie, and one son, James F. In the parlor on April 22, 1874, Sallie Stinson married James Stephen Hogg, who later became the first native-born governor of Texas. Stinson, described as a southern aristocrat, progressive thinker, and great scholar of government, probably had great influence on James S. Hogg's ideas on good government. He was a leader in the county and state Grange, which strove to protect rural interests, and was instrumental in getting enacted into law the bill creating the experimental farm at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College. His home was always open to young and old.