"Residence of the late Col. Wilk Witten, son of James Witten, the scout.  It was built in 1838, just in front of where James Witten's log cabin stood, is a brick structure, and of a style of architecture popular in that day." 
Source:  History Of Tazewell County And Southwest Virginia, 1748 - 1920, by Wm. C. Pendleton.  Published by W.C. Hill Printing Company, Richmond, VA, 1920., pp. 491