The property sits directly across East Saint Julian Street from the Oliver Sturges House, which was constructed 24 years later.

[6] It was at this time that a portico, supported by unfluted Doric columns, was added to the building's main façade, while an extension was built on the northern side.

[10] After the Civil War, the house changed hands several times, becoming an attorney's office, bookstore and (between 1930 and 1943) Alida Harper Fowlkes' (1908–1985) Georgian Tea Room.

They undertook a one-year restoration, which included jacking up the building and upgrading the foundation by installing I beams and setting it back down.

[19] In December 2018, a fire broke out in the upstairs ballroom, causing damage that resulted in the building closing for four months.

[8][20] An almost-identical house was built in 1928[21] at 102 East Gaston Street,[22] just beyond the northeastern corner of Forsyth Park.