The home is designed in the Federal style, with a noteworthy pediment with a fanlight at the roofline.

Senator representing Tennessee from 1815 to 1823 and was the hero of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814 (Jackson's first military victory.)

His Senate career ended in 1823, when General Andrew Jackson won the seat.

Beginning in 1883 it was leased to the state of Tennessee for use as the Colored Deaf and Dumb School.

After asbestos was found in those other buildings, Sertoma moved to other quarters and the state abandoned the property in 1991.