The home was built for Major Ezekiel Polk McNeal's (born 1804)[2] and his wife after their only child, a teenage daughter named Priscilla, died in 1854.

[5] In National Register of Historic Places filings it is described as "the finest Italianate house in West Tennessee and among the most outstanding in the state."

[6] Ezekiel McNeal born September 6, 1804[2] was a cousin of U.S. President James K.

[2] Numerous photos and plans of the house were made as part of a Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) project.

The property includes an octagonal wash house with a brick chimney and a frame smokehouse with a pyramidal roof.