The residence, completed by 1860, is a two-story five-bay long gable-roof house with boxed cornice, end chimneys laid in common bond with stepped shoulders, tall nine-over-nine sash windows, and a shed-roof porch on the facade. More information about this photograph can be found on page 251 of the book The Architectural Heritage of Chatham County, North Carolina written by Rachel Osborn and Ruth Selden-Sturgill.