It was designed by architect Charles Christian Hook and built between 1901 and 1903[2] by the Lazenby Brothers,[3] for British mining engineer Egbert Hambley and his family.

It features an offset, conical-roof tower, two-story projecting bay, and wraparound arcaded porch.

[2] Historian Davyd Foard Hood said the decision to use Châteauesque architecture was the result of the recent completion of Biltmore House.

[4] Leo's son Lee and his wife Mona Lisa Wallace bought the house in 2011 and restored it.

[3] This article about a property in Rowan County, North Carolina on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.