The home looks very different today than the original Dowd farmhouse or the later headquarters of Camp Greene.

Many changes were made to accommodate the U.S. Army and the families who have resided here. Today it stands as it was originally in 1879, although the doors and mantles have been replaced downstairs. What once was a farmhouse on 248 acres of orchards, cotton fields and a creek is now a house with historic designation in a city neighborhood. It is surrounded today by homes, Christ Presbyterian Church, businesses and Charlotte Fire Department Station #10.

A $50,000 grant proposed by Joe Graham Foster and awarded by the North Carolina Legislature about 1985 enabled the house to be remodeled and refurbished with period pieces, exhibit cases, light fixture and a security system.