The residence, constructed between 1830 and 1845, is a one-story six-bay frame house with an engaged front porch, enclosed rear porch, a circa 1900 detached two-room kitchen ell with a central fireplace, an asymmetrical facade with two entrances, and a centrally located stone-and-brick chimney. More information about this photograph can be found on page 277-278 of the book The Architectural Heritage of Chatham County, North Carolina written by Rachel Osborn and Ruth Selden-Sturgill.