Built in 1796, this Flemish-bond brick dwelling testifies to the wealth, status, and sophistication of prominent farmer and distiller Philip Hoehns and his wife Johanna. Although it stood in a rural area, the house matched the caliber of many buildings in the Moravian congregation town of Salem at a time when rural settlers generally lived in log or frame houses. It is one of the oldest and most architecturally significant dwellings in Clemmons and Forsyth County.