Charles Jordan was a local master builder, who built this house as a residence and as a showcase of his work.

[1] The Jordan House is set on the southern fringe of what has long been a fashionable neighborhood of Auburn, just south of its central business district.

It is a three-story wood-frame structure, with a mansard roof over the third floor, clapboard siding, and a granite foundation.

The house has a wealth of exterior decorative woodwork, including an elaborately-decorated porch across the front.

[5] In 2019, Maine Preservation added the house to its list of Maine's Most Endangered Historic Places, writing that "considerable and timely restoration efforts must be made to halt further deterioration, and to make the building habitable.