The residence is a small gable-roof log springhouse that was built circa 1830. It features full-dovetail notches, weatherboarded sheathing on the flush gable ends, board-and-batten door in the gable end fastened with strap hinges, and a hewn-rafter roof joined with pegs. More information about this photograph can be found on page 301 of the book The Architectural Heritage of Chatham County, North Carolina written by Rachel Osborn and Ruth Selden-Sturgill.