The property includes an 18th-century mansion, built about 1777, a 19th-century cottage and five other supporting buildings.
The main house is a standard timber frame, two-story, three-bay, I-house with a rear ell addition.
The cottage is a one-room building with a lean-to shed addition.
It was originally used as a doctor's office by Dr. Paul Carrington Cabell, and probably dates to the 1830s or 40s.
This article about a property in Amherst County, Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.