The property, which is situated in the Savannah Historic District, occupies what was originally three separate residences.

[5] The western part of the building (on Lincoln Street), built around 1822 by Steele White, was a duplex.

The ground level is believed to be part of an earlier structure that was burned in the Savannah fire of 1820.

Another version is that Powers was pushed to her death, possibly by another female who was in love with the same sailor.

The inn also owns a three-story guest house across East York Street.