The Federal style house was built in 1818–1820 by local architect John Holden Greene and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

It is a brick two-story building with a hip roof topped by a small monitor section.

It is five bays wide, with a center entry sheltered by a portico supported by Corinthian columns, and an elliptical window above.

The interior follows a typical central-hall plan, and has elaborate interior detail including marble mantels, a U-shape stairway, ceiling cornices, undercut moldings, and walnut doors with silver hardware.

[4] The house was, as of its 1973 National Register listing, still in the hands of the Allen family.