Dr. J. Herbert Rice was born on 31 August 1886 at Weymouth, Digby Co, NS. He was the son of Edward Patrick Rice and Josephine Clothilda LeBlanc. Dr. J. Herbert Rice married Jessie Glassey (born 19 September 1888 at Halifax). Dr. J. Herbert Rice died in 1968 at Halifax Infirmary, Halifax, Halifax Co, NS. He was buried at Weymouth, Digby Co, NS. He was educated in 1904 at Saint Francis Xavier University. He was educated in 1906 at Tufts Dental College, Boston, MA. He was a dentist in 1963 in Halifax on Barrington Street. Jessie Glassey Rice died on 13 March 1963 at Halifax, Halifax Co, NS; at age 74.

The home, designed by Sydney Perry Dumaresq, was featured in the magazine, Canadian Homes & Gardens, in both the Jan. 1927, and the Nov. 1927 editions.