[1] The house was built circa 1846 for Dr. Joshua Sanford Wilson by Isaac Fuller from Maine.

[3] Wilson, born in 1792 in Halifax County, North Carolina, was a physician, planter, and politician.

They also maintain the Gainestown Schoolhouse, another National Register-listed property, on the grounds for use as a guest cottage.

[5] The two-story Greek Revival-style house is wood-frame with limestone ashlar foundations and front columns, an unusual feature in Alabama.

[3] The house is rectangular in form and utilizes a central hall-type plan.