Both its beams and ceiling boards are beaded, which alone makes it superior to numerous other surviving examples of the Creole style.

With their strong moldings, elaborate sunburst motifs, and complex engaged balusters, the dependency's mantels are commensurate with those of a major Creole plantation house.

[2]The Zweig family, immigrants from Germany, acquired the property and built the plantation big house and related buildings in 1792.

Following the division of the property among heirs in the late 19th century, there is little left to indicate that a grand mansion stood on the grounds except for an allée lined with oak trees.

On October 18, 1984, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places, due to its exquisite Federal woodwork and rarity as a plantation dependency or ancillary building.