It was designed by noted Baltimore architects Thomas and James Dixon and built in 1855.

It has a two-story, five-bay, brick core with several appendages and wings.

It has a castle-like appearance, with a slate-covered steeply pitched gable roof and five-story tower, and is in the Gothic Revival style.

[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

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