This brick, two story, three bay flat facade house retains its original size and framing of door and windows. The door has a transom and the door and windows are crowned by brick molded hood arches. The house has several star shaped tie rods and a wooden cornice is dentilled with brackets at each end. No. 947 was built in 1879 for Leo McGraw.

"McGraw rented the house to white families, first to laborer George Nichols and his wife and two children.'
"The 1879 building permit also included a provision for a one-story wood and coal shed, set in the rear of the yard that measured 12 by 20 feet." (A. Hoagland)