Kohler commissioned architect William Deknatel, who had been an apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright in the early 1930s, to design the house.

[2] The house was designed to accommodate Mr. Kohler, his first wife Marie Celeste, their three children, and three servants.

The suspended roof construction allows a level interior ceiling and full height windows.

The original roof was a level tar and gravel construction designed to hold 2 inches of water to help with summer cooling.

The floors were primarily white maple except in the hallways which were originally concrete covered in linoleum.

The stairways and floors on the second level are currently carpeted and some of the rooms have been re-purposed to accommodate its use as an artists' residency.

The driveway rises gently from the road and then drops to pass through the first level and court area and then form a full loop back to the top of the hill.

The landscape was kept very simple with open lawn areas surrounding the house and with remainder of the parcel originally a mixture of pasture and woodland, but now mostly wooded.

A number of large mature trees sit close to the house and punctuate the lawn areas.

Soon after Wiley ordered all of Jackie's belongings to be placed on the driveway, effectively kicking her out of Windway.

[9] Terry left Windway in 1950 for prep school but lived there again in 1954 before joining the United States Air Force in 1955.