When completed, the little house was a one and one-half story structure with two rooms on the ground level and “a garret above divided into two apartments.” Its foundation measured approximately twenty-four by thirty feet.

One of the ground-level rooms served as kitchen, dining area, and general workroom. The large fireplace was probably on an end wall. The other room, spoken of as “the best room,” was likely a combination parlor, sitting room, and master bedroom. The chamber above the two rooms probably served as sleeping quarters for most of the Smith children.