The local firm of Jordan and Darst constructed this fine neoclassical, temple-fronted building for Captain William Willson, merchant, postmaster, and treasurer of Washington College. The Tuscan porticoes of Jordan's house, Stono (RB18.1), and Washington Hall (see
RB16
) on the Washington and Lee campus, also by the firm, are similar. The building is note-worthy for its elaborate Federal woodwork. In 1911 Harry Walker, one of Lexington's most successful African American businessmen, opened a butcher shop here and sold his famous hickory-smoked cured hams. The interior was restored in 2008.