Its main façade is five bays wide with sash windows arranged symmetrically around the center entrance.

A secondary entrance is located on the south side of the building, sheltered by a 20th-century shed roof porch.

[2] The tavern was built around 1763 and represents a good early example of the two-chimney center hall plan.

It was one of several buildings that hosted French officers in 1781 and 1782 when the army of Rochambeau marched across Connecticut between Virginia and Providence, Rhode Island.

The Baldwins are known to have hosted Claude Blanchard, Rochambeau's commissary who arrived in advance of the troops to arrange housing and supplies.