The house was built circa 1850 for John Shaw Hayward, a local businessman and land speculator who founded the Hillsboro Academy.

The low hip roof features a cornice with paired brackets along its edge.

Cast iron lintels cover the house's tall, narrow arched windows.

In 1904, prominent local attorney and financier L. V. Hill purchased the house, which his family owned until 1967.

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