It was built about 1816 and is a 2+1⁄2-story, rectangular, brick townhouse dated to the Federal period.

It features stepped gable sides.

It was built by the founder of the City of Rensselaer, William Akin, and designed by noted Albany architect Philip Hooker (1766-1836).

[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

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