Mullett had previously designed the Customs House building in downtown Knoxville.

The exterior of the home is sheathed in stone from a quarry in Rocky Top, Tennessee.

The heads of windows include stained glass panels, and 22 different types of marble are used in the house.

[2][3] Major Camp was born in Ohio, served in the Union Army during the Civil War, made Knoxville his home and was appointed a U.S. District Attorney by President Ulysses S.

When Camp's heirs were no longer able to maintain the house, they sold some of the furnishings and subdivided the mansion into apartments.