The house is two stories, with stuccoed concrete walls 18 inches (46 cm) thick, and a bracketed flat roof topped by an octagonal cupola.

Two of its eight sides have entrances: the one facing the street is a simpler entrance sheltered by a bracketed hood, while that facing east is sheltered by a single-story porch extending across that facade, with a spindled balustrade and turned posts.

[2] The house was built about 1850 for Rodney J. Baxter, a sea captain engaged mainly in the transatlantic trade.

The house closely follows Fowler's guidelines, including the use of concrete for the walls.

At the time of its listing on the National Register in 1987, it was still owned by Baxter's descendants.