It was built in 1925, and is a substantial, two-story, H-shaped, red brick Classical Revival-style building.

The front facade features a one-story flat-roof porch carried by brick piers.

The building is the historical centerpiece of the Elon Homes for Children campus, an orphanage founded in 1907.

[2][3] The building is named for Charles David Johnston, superintendent of the orphanage.

This article about a property in Alamance County, North Carolina on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.