The house is two and one-half stories high and features a cupola and a pediment with a lunette window. The 4-acre (1.6 ha) property also features extensive display gardens. The nomination form describes it as "the most sophisticated and refined Greek Revival domestic structure in Mercer County". It was built c. 1835 for Ichabod S. Leigh of Somerset County. He sold the property in 1853. Subsequent owners include James Howell and Thomas B. Jackson.[3]