It is locally significant for its association with its builder and owners.

The original section was built about 1820, and is a two-story, Late Federal style block with a one-story shed-roof porch.

A Late Victorian addition, now regarded as the "front" of the house, is a two-story frame block with a one-story shed-roof porch on one side and a two-story porch on the opposite.

[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1976.

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