The surviving Tates (Luke & Flora) resided in the mansion until 1955 when they left the home unoccupied.

The Tate House is two stories, rectangular, with a hipped roof, two interior chimneys, and a pedimented tetrastyle front entrance portico.

In 1974, Mrs. Ann Shattuck of Bisbee, AZ and her husband at the time, Mr. Columbus J. Southerland,[2] bought the house; it was added to the National Register of Historic Placeson May 17, 1974.

Ann & Columbus then divorced and she later married Joseph P. Laird in 1981, who completed some of the restorations himself, including the beautifully built sand filled bar in the pub.

Lois Holbrook and Marsha Mann plan to continue the restoration of the mansion and gardens.