The residence is a two-and-a-half-story three-bay house with one-story L-plan ell, three tall gabled dormers, hip-roof porch with second-floor portico, two brick common-bond end chimneys with stepped shoulders, and one chimney between the main block and ell. More information about this photograph can be found on page 223 of the book The Architectural Heritage of Chatham County, North Carolina written by Rachel Osborn and Ruth Selden-Sturgill.