Restored in the 1980s after many years as a rental property, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

[1] The Amos Lawrence House stands in central Manchester, on the east side of the Battenkill River, between railroad tracks to the west and Richville Road to the east, just south of its junction with Green Mountain Road.

It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof, two interior brick chimneys, and clapboard siding.

Its main facade faces east, and has a center entrance set in a recess with sidelight windows.

[2] The house was built about 1840 by Amos Lawrence, who purchased 70 acres (28 ha) of farmland here in 1826.