The only surviving house in the county with upper cruck roof framing (once common in rural England but never in what became the United States), it has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1977.

[3] His son Thomas Claiborne (1704-1735) moved westward to become clerk of Stafford County, but was buried at Sweet Hall, as was his father.

By 1773, Robert Ruffin offered the 400 acre plantation for sale, stating that he had bought it from a trust (possibly foreclosed mortgage) held by Roger Gregory.

[5] Following the depredations of the War of 1812, William George Vidal bought the house and insured it with no deductions for bad repair.

The front facade is five bays wide and the house is topped by a rare upper cruck, or curved-principal, gable roof with dormers.