The Creole cottage style structure was built in 1850 by Jesse Gibson for John Williams Elliott, a watchmaker and jeweler.

[3] Elliott married Louisa Elizabeth Towner, a teacher and native of Rutland County, Vermont, in 1843.

[4] John then married Blanche Smith Chapman, a native of Virginia, in 1858.

[3] The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Antebellum Homes in Eutaw Thematic Resource on April 2, 1982, due to its architectural significance.

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