When the house was finished, it was among the first buildings along its section of Sunkel Boulevard: the land was only platted in 1913, and most development in the area occurred during the late 1910s and the 1920s.

[2] Bonifield's home features a stone foundation and a slate roof,[3] and the walls are frame.

The most significant aspect of the architecture is the house's two-story interior: aside from plumbing updates in the bathroom and kitchen, it has not been modified in more than a century.

Among the leading pieces of the interior are the gold-colored oak wood panelling, which has never been painted, the artistic tiling, and the five original mantelpieces.

James Boggs Tannehill House, which was also one of the few nearby buildings constructed before the neighborhood was platted.