The Shrewsbury house is a two-story brick building, with a symmetrical 3-bay facade and stone trim details.

The building corners feature brick pilasters rising to stone capitals, supporting an entablature punctuated by small attic-level windows.

A man on horseback could easily step through the enormous front and rear doors, which are twelve feet in height.

[3] Architectural historians have ranked the house's free-standing spiral staircase as the most impressive part of the interior.

Built of pine stairs and cherry railings, the staircase ascends from the middle of the house, supporting its own weight.