Built around 1870, the residence is a one-and-a-half-story two-bay log V-notch house with wood-shingle roof, stone chimney with brick stack, and four-over-four sash windows on the facade. More information about this photograph can be found on page 266 of the book The Architectural Heritage of Chatham County, North Carolina written by Rachel Osborn and Ruth Selden-Sturgill.