The main house was built in sections during the mid-19th through early-20th century beginning about 1840.

The main section was built about 1870, and is a one-story, gable-roofed frame structure with a simple gable-front porch.

Also on the property are the contributing office of Dr. Ward, carriage house and gear room, board-and-batten barn and log cribs, smokehouse and pen, and a small brick well house.

[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

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