It is considered one of the grandest homes on Radcliffe Street and is the only example of residential Italianate architecture in Bristol.

An illusion of great height is given by the symmetrical front facade with the windows on the upper floors decreasing in their proportions.

During this time the mills sold corn meal to the West Indies and to Southern States.

[2] Another son of John Dorrance, Sr., Arthur was an early investor and manager of the Campbell Soup Company.

[5][6] John Thompson Dorrance's grandson, also known as John Dorrance III, sold his share of the company in 1995-96 for about $1.5 billion, and with a 2009 net worth of $2.3 billion was listed as number 296 in the Forbes list of the world's richest people.