The Stephen G. Bourne House exemplifies the lifeways of the early settlers of mountainous southwestern Virginia. Built about 1830, the log dwelling is located on the 98-acre Meadow View Farm in the Spring Valley area in northeastern Grayson County, surrounded by meadows, hills, and mountains. Knob Fork Creek crosses the one-lane, half-mile-long, private road leading to the house. The two-story, rectangular, weatherboarded building has a fieldstone foundation, a one-story, three-bay porch with square wooden columns, nine-over-six and six-over-six double-hung sash windows, and a gable roof with pressed-metal shingles. A brick chimney on each end of the house supports two interior fireplaces. The interior walls and ceiling are plastered, except for one room sheathed with horizontal boards. Wainscoting and molded trim are in each room, with Federal-style mantels in two rooms. The Stephen G. Bourne House is among the few well-preserved log dwellings in the county.