Prior to 1861, an additional room was added to the west of the entrance, creating a three-room plan with a central hall.

[2] By the 1970s, the house was vacant and in disrepair, and the encroaching development of a Coca-Cola bottling plant and the Von Braun Center threatened its demolition.

Efforts by preservationists led the bottling plant to purchase the house and renovate it for use as offices and a Coca-Cola memorabilia museum.

Part of the effort led to the house's listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

[3] Today, the house is owned by the City of Huntsville and the property is managed by Global Ties Alabama, who use it for their International Headquarters.