It was owned for many years by members of the locally prominent Bourne family.

It is a three-story wood-frame structure, with a low-pitch hip roof, clapboard siding, and a granite foundation.

There is a secondary entrance on the street-facing eastern facade, with Ionic pilasters supporting an entablature, with a fanlight just below.

The side hall leading to the eastern entrance has a particularly fine carved arched niche for housing a tall clock.

The Bournes are a historically old family of Kennebunk, with a long line of civic and economically significant actors.