It was designed by architect Thomas Dixon and built in 1863, as a three-story, five bay "T"-plan brownstone dwelling in the Italianate style.

[3] Although oral history suggests that Edmund G. Lind of Baltimore was the architect of record, numerous newspaper reports from 1863 suggest that the architect was actually Thomas Dixon, who also practiced in Baltimore.

Dixon was architect of the Wilmington Grand Opera House built several years later.

Perkins & Weldie, have contracted with Mr. Dure to do the Brick work: Murdick & Duff the Painting, and Robert Haddock the Plastering.

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