The house is built of soft brick thought to be kilned nearby or on the site. Animal hair is found mixed in the mortar and plaster. Soft brick was usually painted soon after the building was completed to protect it from the elements. Following the removal of the old plaster, the brick wall can now be seen in the kitchen. Walls running the opposite direction through the hall and kitchen are wood studs with lath and plaster.
Brick arches over the front first floor windows add to the strength of the house.
The windows on the first floor are angled on the sides for the purpose of admitting more light. The oak shutters on the bay window were found in the rafters of the carriage house, repaired and put in the original location. The Stephens found the walnut staircase with many coats of paint of which the first coat was buttermilk paint. It was completely dismantled, the balusters numbered, and taken to Platte City, Missouri for paint removal via the dipping method into a hot chemical tank. All of the beams or linters over the doors and windows are of rough sawed oak.