Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Byhalia Historic District, it is the only remaining Antebellum residence in Byhalia.

It is located at 118 Highway 309 South in Byhalia, a small town in Northern Mississippi.

[1] The house was built in 1840 by Joseph Chalmers, the District Attorney for Marshall County.

He paid $10.00 down in December 1899 and remaining balance of $690 on January 1, 1900.

[2] Shortly before World War II, in 1938, the house was purchased by the McAuley family.