Joseph Mumford Foy personally selected the trees  from which the lumber was cut to build the present manor house.

The octagonal newel post, rails, and spindles found on the stairs are made from black walnut trees found on the plantation. There are 64 spindles, 64 windows, 64 stairs.

The cornice moldings and medallions in the hall and front and back parlors are made from plaster and horsehair, much easier to construct than carved wood moldings.

The rooms ceiling heights vary from 8 feet in the basement, 12 feet on the main floor and 10 feet upstairs. Carbide acetylene gas lamps provided illumination.

The manor house is listed on the National Register for Historic Homes. It is built in a Greek Revival style of architecture which means the style is a revival of forms and ornaments of the architecture of ancient Greece.

The house is a 4,284 square foot, two-story frame structure, sided with plain weatherboards set on a full raised brick basement. There is a low, hipped roof with two pairs of corbelled interior chimneys and a total of 12 fireplaces.

Wooden gutters and downspouts concealed in columns took rain water to the cistern on the north of the house. This water was used for bathing and laundry. Drinking water was carried in from the pump outside.

The porches are slanted enabling rainwater to drain. Heart pine was used in construction as the resin repels termites. The only building materials purchased were tin for the roof and glass for windows.