The residence, built circa 1875, is a two-story three-bay farm house with two end chimneys, six-over-six sash windows with louvered shutters, slender porch posts that support the hip-roof porch, a four-panel-door entrance framed by sidelights and transom, central-hallway interior, open-string stair with winders and balustrade, and flush wide-board sheathing in the main block interior. More information about this photograph can be found on page 342-343 of the book The Architectural Heritage of Chatham County, North Carolina written by Rachel Osborn and Ruth Selden-Sturgill.