The older section forms the basis of the current rear wing.

About 1828, a 2+1⁄2-story, Federal style, side-hall plan was added at a right angle to the original structure.

Noted landscape artist Francis Speight was born in the house in 1896.

[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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