His granddaughter, the award-winning actress Tallulah Brockman Bankhead and her sister Eugenia, were raised in the house when Congress was not in session.

[4] The Classical Revival-style house is a two-story wood-frame building with a stone foundation and hipped roof.

It features a one-story portico that spans the full width of the front (east) of the house and partially wraps around each side.

At the front central bay, the porch projects and transitions to a two-tiered portico that frames the main entrance.

Most of the windows feature one lite per sash, typical of the time the house was built.