First constructed in 1900 for local businessman and industrialist Harry C. James the building is an excellent example of a turn-of-the-twentieth-century Italian Renaissance style residence in Denver, Colorado. This style was comparatively rare in Denver during the 1900s through 1920s, but was nevertheless a style was that was capably rendered by professional architects and well suited to the city’s upper class residents. In this example, the character-defining features of the Italian Renaissance style include the low-pitched hip roof with broad, overhanging boxed eaves featuring brackets; recessed entry; upper-story windows smaller and less elaborate than the first-story; and arches over first-story windows.