Benton had made a journey to Wales to collect an inheritance shortly after 1822 and there saw a house that he admired and wished to replicate on his own lands.

The main entrance features double doors with sidelights and a fanlight above, which are also twentieth century alterations.

The property features a large 33-foot (10 m) by 110-foot (34 m) brick barn of three stories, with an attached tenant house.

[3] Benton continued to work as a brickmaker and builder after the construction of the house, and was employed by James Madison among others.

The Bentons retained the property until 1894, when it was purchased by Joshua Hatcher, who sold to Daniel Sands in 1908.