The house was on the Spartanburg stagecoach line to Cross Anchor, South Carolina.

In addition to the house furnishings, the inventory included 25 slaves and agricultural machinery.

Going beyond "frontier-level," the furnishings included a curtained four poster bed, an 8-day clock, a desk, and a bookcase, and volumes of the Spectator, the Tatler and other publications.

The farm equipment included grindstones, a loom, a spinning wheel, a cotton picking machine, and riding chaise.

It remained in the Dean family until about 1936 when it was bought by the Spartanburg County Historical Association.

The 18 in (46 cm) thick brickwork on the house is Flemish bond with darkened headers.