The building, one of a few that survive in Wilton that were adapted in this way,[2] was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

[2] The significant history of the property begins in 1861, when it was purchased, along with an adjacent mill, by Emerson and Rawson Fuller.

The main block of the house was apparently built by Rawson Fuller not long afterward, and was his family home until the early 1900s.

He built modest tenement houses in Wilton, and he acquired existing properties and adapted them for use by his workers.

Exhibits include historic household items, tools used in crafts and trades such as farming, shoe making and blacksmithing, clothing, a collection of Maine bottles, and displays of local history and culture.