 Saegmuller decided to build the locally quarreled bluestone mansion in the style of the Nuremberg Castle, though the mansion has touches of traditional Southern architecture, such as the portico.The "Big House," as it is known to Saegmuller's descendants, functioned as the family's summer home until Saegmuller's 1926 retirement.The George N. Saegmuller house was the first house in Arlington County to have a telephone line.