It was built about 1837, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, L-shaped brick building with Greek Revival and Federal style design influences.

It features a double porch with chamfered edges ending in lambs' tongues.

[3] The house is occupied by the Salem Museum and Historical Society.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

[1] This article about a property in Salem, Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.