Located in North Sewickley Township near the community of Ellwood City,[2]: 1  the house is a rare surviving example of 19th-century Greek Revival farmhouses in Beaver County.

He sold the property to his son Samuel in 1844, but continued to live in the house until his death ten years later.

[2]: 2  Today, the house lies along Chapel Drive southeast of Ellwood City; its prominent hilltop location makes it visible to the south and east to a distance of several miles.

Although a modern residential subdivision is located along Chapel immediately to the north of the Clow property, it retains much of its historic integrity amid a primarily rural setting.

[2]: 2, 3, 14  This places it in contrast with most period wooden Greek Revival farmhouses in rural Beaver and Lawrence counties: nearly all surviving examples of this type of architecture have been heavily modified.