The house was built on the corner of Fannin and McNeil Streets in 1872 by Col. Robert H. Lindsay, a leading cotton factor, and President of the City's Board of Trade which was a forerunner of today's Chamber of Commerce. Col. Lindsay was also a railroad pioneer, and played a big role in bringing the iron horse to Shreveport.
     Col. Lindsay's bride, Mary, died soon after the house was built, and they never occupied it. It was rented by Mr. and Mrs. Moses Bucklew, and in February, 1886 was sold for $3,800 to William D. Scofield. His family occupied i t for many years. The last member of the family to live there was a daughter, Susan Martha Scofield, better known as "Miss Mattie."
     In 1956, the Shreveport Symphony Guild saved the house from demolition. They purchased it for $300, had it cut into three pieces and moved to it's present location on Woodlawn. It was one of the city's oldest structures, and an architectural gem. It is transitional from the Greek Revival style the Victorian.
     The classical portico extending across the full front of the house incorporates the simple dignity in column design from the earlier style along with the scroll saw brackets above the entrance doorway that were to become the important design details of the full blown Victorian style.
     The turned wood balusters of the portico railing and the wooden details of the portico cornices were of classical origin, details abandoned shortly thereafter in residential construction. The segmental-arched windows and front entrance door, a deviation from the square headed windows used in the balance of the house, represent still another important design element of the transactional concept.
     After the house was purchased and moved by the Guild, it was restored under the direction of Wendell C. Sorensen of Somdal and Associates. The house served for a time as the Symphony Women's Guild Exchange Shop, but in 1971 the house was vacated, and full restoration was begun.
     Originally, there were two rooms on each side of the long center hallway, each room having a cast iron mantelpiece. Two rooms on one side were left intact, one serving as the business office, and the other as the office of the Symphony conductor. The partition between the other two rooms was removed to provide one larger room. This was furnished in the decor of the 1870's and is now used for Symphony and Symphony Guild meetings, concerts, parties, and is rented for private affairs. The office of the Ark-La-Tex Youth Symphony is currently housed there.

"SYMPHONY HOUSE" as it is now called, was the first structure in Shreveport to be placed in the National Register of Historic places.