The farmstead, built beginning in the late 1860s, lies on approximately two acres in the Dry Creek Valley near Boise. It includes seven historic farm buildings: the farmhouse, the kitchen/spring house, a root cellar, a wood shed, a saddle shed, a granary and a horse barn. A large draft horse and wagon barn lies near, but outside the historic site. The homestead was patented in 1873 by Phillip L. Schick, and consisted of 160 acres along the road to the Boise Basin mines. His family held the property until 1920, when Basque immigrant farmers began managing the property for a series of owners. Member of the Basque Ostolasa family lived in the farmhouse from 1927 until 2005. The property is owned by Ada County and managed by the Dry Creek Historical Society.