Located outside the city limits in a rural suburban neighborhood the home has about 30 feet (9.1 m) clearance on all sides.

The front yard has trees from close to the time the house was built and a garden featuring 26 varieties of rhododendron.

With a team oxen and two cows the Campbells and a cousin traveled to Lane County, Oregon from April to October 1851.

In addition to the substantial agriculture and animal husbandry activities on his 320-acre (130 ha) 1852 Donation Land Claim, he engaged in mining in Jackson County in 1854 and shipping.

With his cousin he constructed a flatboat and transported 35 short tons (32 t) of flour to Portland in 1859 for which they received US$2.75 (equivalent to $93.26 in 2023) a barrel.