It is a two-story, Classical Revival style brick building.

It features a pedimented hexastyle front portico and a double-tiered bell and clock tower modeled after the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens.

Major work was performed on the structure until 1877 when extensive repairs and interior alterations were carried out.

During the Siege of Petersburg, Union troops used the tower for a sighting mark and spared the structure from the bombardment.

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