The residence, built circa 1840, is a two-story three-bay Federal-style house with vernacular Victorian alterations. It has an asymmetrical three-bay facade, nine-over-nine sash windows in two-part surrounds, hip-roof front porch with Victorian turned posts and spindle brackets, boxed cornice with patternboard, two simple end chimneys, and a central-hall main block. More information about this photograph can be found on page 296 of the book The Architectural Heritage of Chatham County, North Carolina written by Rachel Osborn and Ruth Selden-Sturgill.