It has served as the official residence of two presidents of Brandeis University as well as Roger Berkowitz, the CEO of Legal Sea Foods.

It is a two-story L-shaped structure, oriented with its main facade to the north, presenting a side to Beaumont Street and the house rear to Prospect.

Brandeis University bought the house in 1948, the same year as its founding, in order to serve as the home of its first president, Abram L. Sachar.

Brandeis University sold the house in 1992 to Roger Berkowitz, the chief executive of Legal Sea Foods.

The university repurchased the house in 1994 in order to serve as the official residence of Jehuda Reinharz, its seventh president.