It was constructed circa 1788 on a 360 acre plantation by David Coffman, a descendant of one of the first German settlers in the Shenandoah Valley.

A two-story, Greek Revival style wood-frame ell with double porches was added to the rear of the dwelling about 1855.

Also on the property are the contributing two brick slave quarters, a log smokehouse, an office, a chicken shed, and the ruins of a stone spring house.

The house is representative of vernacular German architecture of the mid-to-late 18th century, as constructed in America.

This article about a property in Rockingham County, Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.