This home was purchased in 1917 by Alice and Roy E. Finerty, who paid $22,000 to G. A. Nichols. Finerty was part of a banking family that started in Western Oklahoma in 1900 and moved to Oklahoma City in 1918 to found Fidelity National Bank, known today as the Bank of Oklahoma. Roy was chairman of the board, while his brother, Fred, served as president.

The home features a gabled roof as well as gabled dormers. The fascia is decorated with dentil mouldings. The front porch which originally wrapped around the front and the east sides of the house has now been partially enclosed. Notice the geometric concrete decorations on the brick columns which support the front porch. A concrete arabesque is located between the symmetrically-placed windows. Broad concrete steps leading to the front porch complete the facade of this home.

Roy and Alice remained in the home until 1937. After years of neglect, the home was rescued by Leigh and Thomas A. “Al” Dearmon in 1972. Al, an attorney, and Leigh, a counselor, completely rehabilitated both the exterior and interior. They featured the home on the 1976 Home Tour. The front porch had been enclosed before the Dearmons moved in and they turned it into a lovely setting off their living room. They had a piano that was in their family for three generations and was once exhibited at the Texas State Fair.

Robert D. Edinger, an Oklahoma City attorney, purchased this home in 1987, and featured it on the 1994 Home Tour.

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