The house was constructed around 1899 for Albin C. DeMary, a clerk at the U.S. Assay Office in Boise. In 1905 DeMary sold the house to E. Van Buskirk, and Van Buskirk made extensive improvements. Harry Hopffgarten purchased the house in 1915, and he hired contractor Arthur O. Maus to remodel the residence in 1919. In 1922 Hopffgarten hired Wayland & Fennell to remodel the residence, including an addition and basement excavation, and the work was completed in 1923. After Wayland & Fennell's Georgian Revival modifications, the house has not been altered substantially.
