[2][3] The property is now privately owned; the gardens have declined since Marshall's time, but its basic layout has survived.

The house is set well back from the road, from which it is screened by mature plantings of the garden space.

The house is 2+1⁄2 stories in height, and is built out of locally quarried limestone that has an ashlar finish.

[4] Marshall is best known for his 1788 publication Arbustrum Americanum, which was the first formal scientific description of trees and shrubs of North America.

[5] Also skilled as a mason, Marshall may have built this house himself, to specifications that furthered his management and collection of botanical specimens.