The two-story vernacular structure was built ca1835 for William Bates, a pioneer in the textile industry, who founded Batesville Cotton Mill.

[3][4] The house, built on fieldstone and granite piers, has one-story shed-roofed porches supported by nine wooden columns along the entire front and rear facade.

The house and 150 acres (61 ha) of property were purchased from Bates in 1868.

The house and its renovated barn now sit on a property measuring 10.88 acres (4.40 ha).

This article about a property in Greenville County, South Carolina on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.