[1] It is a large two-story, buff brick and terra cotta, Renaissance Revival-style mansion.

It consists of a two-story main block with flanking single-story pavilions, and two symmetrical two-story rear ells project to give the home a U-shaped plan.

[2] The home was designed by architecture firm Benton & Benton of Wilson, North Carolina, and built between 1927 and 1929 for businessman Walter Franklin McCanless (1887–1958), son of Napoleon Bonaparte McCanless.

[2] It has been described as the county's "finest Italian Renaissance Revival house ... whose grandeur is unrivalled" in the area.

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