[2] It is located at 265 Exchange Street South in the Irvine Park area, which was one of the first trendy neighborhoods in Minnesota.

[3] Designed by noted early Minnesota architect Monroe Sheire, the house is one of the nation's best-preserved Victorian homes, featuring carved walnut woodwork, marble fireplaces, crystal chandeliers, and many original furnishings.

[4][5] To furnish the house, Ramsey's wife Anna filled two boxcars with fashionable and expensive Renaissance-revival furniture from the A.T. Stewart Company Store in New York to bring home to Minnesota.

[5] The Ramseys' daughter Marion married Charles Furness in a lavish wedding in the parlor in 1875.

[5] The house and its contents were left to the Minnesota Historical Society, which now operates it as a museum with tours offered year-round.