The residence was built in two distinct stages. The first stage occurred most likely in the mid-19th century and the second circa 1880. The house is a two-story five-bay farm house with an elongated ell. The oldest section of the house, the western half, features a single-pile center-hall interior, rubblestone chimney with double shoulder and corbeled brick stack, narrow four-over-four pane windows, wide flush boards sheathing the interior, open-string stair with slender balustade and newel, tall mantel with simple shelf and three-part frieze. The eastern (newer) half of the house includes late-Greek Revival and Italianate details. Features for this portion include a single-shoulder brick chimney laid in one-to-five common bond, six-over-six sash windows, hip-roof porch with heavy replacement posts, Italianate doorway framed by Greek Revival-inspired transom and sidelights, door with arched glass panes and molded panels, ornate sawnwork design around the period metal doorbell, Italianate brackets accenting the roofline, and a post-and-lintel mantel with diamond designs on the frieze. More information about this photograph can be found on page 344 of the book The Architectural Heritage of Chatham County, North Carolina written by Rachel Osborn and Ruth Selden-Sturgill.