It is a single story wood-frame structure, finished with a masonry veneer, with an irregular plan featuring a variety of roof gables.

The exterior is finished in sandstone with cream-colored brick trim.

The house was built by Silas Owen, Sr., a local master mason, in 1948 for Billy Merritt.

[2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

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