John H. Miller built this Gothic Revival townhouse in 1859 after he and his wife had moved from Orangeburg, South Carolina to Barbour County in the early 1830s and settled in an area that became known as the Tabernacle community, later purchasing land in Clayton for the house. The townhouse is notable for handpainted murals on the entrance hall ceiling depicting The Four Seasons, along with other ceiling designs in the parlor and dining room, work attributed to an artist named Massillon. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in December 1974. John Council and Alice Floyd Martin bought the home in 1915 and raised their four daughters, Mildred, Alice, Jonnie, and Leila, there. The property passed to their daughter Alice Martin Anderson in 1964, and her daughter, Ann Floyd Martin Miller, donated it to the Clayton Historical Preservation Authority in 1983. In 1998, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sewell purchased the extensively renovated townhouse.