It was built about 1807 by planter, George Ruffin, and is a two-story, five-bay, Late Georgian / Federal style stuccoed brick dwelling.

The front facade features a one-story pedimented Doric order portico set on a brick podium.

George Ruffin's son, ardent secessionist Edmund Ruffin, who is credited with firing one of the first shots at Fort Sumter at the start of the Civil War was born at Evergreen in 1794.

[3] Evergreen was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

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