 After his death, his house was bequeathed to UNC, and it was eventually restored to its current condition in 1974.Construction of the house began around 1840, and the house was finished in its early stages by Benjamin Hendrick in 1854.The house then went through a series of prominent owners- Professor H. Hosea Smith acquired the house in 1857, and University President George T. Winston acquired it in 1879.