Built in 1902, the Queen Anne architecture is unique compared to other buildings in the town, and locally, it is referred to as the Motley Castle.

Believed to be built as a rural retreat for Mr. A.A. White, a lumber businessman, the house remains a showplace in Motley, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 13, 1986.

A porch wraps from the front of the house to the projecting dining room bay on the south side.

The attic is also divided into rooms, which are lit by windows in the ends of the gables, the tower, and several dormers on the north slope of the roof.

Major rooms have larger, fixed sash windows, which have upper lights of colored glass.

Centered at the top course of the foundation stone on the dining room bay is a block inscribed with the initials "A. W." and the date "1902".