The residence, built circa 1830, is a two-story three-bay vernacular Federal frame house with weatherboarding, two brick chimneys, an open-string stair with slender newel and balustrade, a replacement hip-roof porch, and nine-over-nine and six-over-six sash windows. More information about this photograph can be found on page 303 of the book The Architectural Heritage of Chatham County, North Carolina written by Rachel Osborn and Ruth Selden-Sturgill.