When she died, she left the house to her 3 orphan nieces, Francis, Matilda, and Hester.

In 1888 the house was bequeathed for use as a home for elderly women by the will of the last living niece, Hester.

The 18 inches (46 cm) thick walls are laid in Flemish bond with belt courses of rubbed brick at the second and third floor lines.

The three-part central door with pediment, entablature, fanlight and sidelights is unusual for pre-Revolutionary times.

The rear pavilion features a large Palladian window that relates to the main stair landing on the interior.

[5] The house's plan is of the four room, center hall type, but on a very large scale.