In 1892, a local carpenter by the name of Amos Wilburn began to built a Victorian house at 302 South Main Street.

Christian Geister purchased the land from Ira C. Goodrich for $1,400 in 1893 while the house was being built. Gesiter owned a grist mill and served as village treasurer. He lived there until 1909, when Mrs. Emma Haeger Estergren (of the Haeger family) purchased the home. She lived on the second floor until her death in the 1970s. Estergren was active in the Women's Suffrage movement and was an activist for animal rights.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service on September 25, 2007. The Christian Geister House is an excellent example of Queen Anne architecture. It has a steeply-pitched cross-gabled roof with two front and two side gables (one on each side). A square turret tower is found at the northeast corner, peaking 10 feet above the roof line.