The main entrance is sheltered by a shallow hip-roof portico, supported by paired paneled square columns, which rise to an entablature and modillioned eave.

The house had an associated 19th-century barn into the late 20th century;[2] a modern block of condominiums extends to the rear over its site.

The house was most likely built sometime before 1792; it exhibits high-quality Federal styling despite the application of modern siding.

Benjamin Adams, probably its first owner, was an early 19th-century United States Congressman, lawyer, and banker.

For much of the 19th century, it was owned by members of the Gunn family, including a manufacturer of men's suits and a pharmacist.