The general setting surrounding the Stephens house is rural, with a mixture of forest, fields, and scattered homesteads of varying size. The area is Temperate Hardwood Forest or “Hammock Land” with well-drained sandy soil. Mill Creek and Townsend Branch meander through the area to the north and west. The Stephens house is located on the south side of the Old Bellamy Road. The section of this historic road that runs east to west in front of the house is unpaved. CR 241 is a short distance to the east of the Stephens house, a two-lane paved road leading north towards Providence and to the City of Alachua to the south.

A high hedge sets the Stephens house apart from the narrow road, and access to the property is through a metal gate in the hog-wire fencing surrounding the ten-acre property. Woods and heavy brush have grown up on some sections of the property once used to graze sheep, but to the southwest of the house, beyond the swimming pool, an open field leads to the old tobacco barn in the northwest corner of the property.

The oldest contributing outbuilding is the derelict tobacco barn, located in the far southwest corner of the property. A wood storage building, nearly as old and originally used to store cotton, stands in the yard to the south of the house. A more modern metal storage building with a concrete floor is located a short distance beyond the wood building. Other structures include the remains of an old well, east of the house, and the remains of a brick forge used to shoe horses. An unenclosed swimming pool and concrete patio, installed circa 1960, are located directly south of the house. A low stone wall runs along the east and south sides of the pool.

The two-story frame house set on cut stone piers has horizontal drop siding, a shingle roof, windows with double-hung wood sashes, and two handsome, cut-stone chimneys. Most windows have a flat header board supported on each side by decorative brackets and wood-framed screens. The verandah that wraps around the north and east elevations, and a section on the west elevation has a horizontal frieze of spindles running above the turned posts that support the porch roof. The exuberant woodwork is further embellished with wood brackets on each side of the turned posts set with bulls-eye elements and a band of wood below the frieze with a scalloped jig-saw finish.

The footprint of the house is irregular, almost a Z-shaped outline, and only the front section of the house has two stories. The shingled roof is composed of three intersecting gables, and the separate porch roof is also covered in shingles. The main entrance is set at the center of the north façade as a one-story framed portal with a sunburst set in its front gable. An ornate double door set with colored glass panes leads to the interior of the house. The transom above the door also has colored glass lights.

Most of the older wood window frames are composed of subtle, decorative heads, jambs, and sills, with bull’s eye corner blocks at the top. Most of the doors have four panels and are set in frames similar to those that surround on the double-hung windows. The floors and stair treads, except for the carpeted living room, are beautiful exposed pine. Walls in the principal rooms are beaded board, as are ceilings.

Although the house originally stood on cut-stone piers, it now has a continuous base: concrete blocks have been built between the still-visible stone piers. Azaleas adorn the area in front of the north and east sections of the verandah. The rest of the landscaping is informal, with mature trees spaced irregularly. The circular driveway from the front gate is unpaved, and provides access to the carport as well as ample uncovered parking.