It has a single-story porch extending across its front, with a hip roof supported by sloped square Doric columns set on brick piers.

Sections project from several of the house's sides, capped by gables with deep eaves.

[4] Isaiah Thomas Montgomery was a leading figure in the founding of Mound Bayou, one of Mississippi's most successful communities established by slaves freed by the American Civil War.

Montgomery was instrumental in recruiting settlers and helping to build the new community, which was given a town charter by the state in 1912.

[4] After Montgomery's death in 1924 the home was used for nursers, teachers, and a private residence.