Built about 1911, it is a well-preserved example of an American Foursquare duplex in the city's Old North End neighborhood.

[1] The Charles R. Palmer House stands in a mixed residential area on the eastern side of Burlington's Old North End neighborhood, on the west side of North Willard Street between Russell and Pomeroy Streets.

It has a single-story porch extending across the front, with turned posts and decorative brackets.

The interior is divided into mirror-image residential units, with L-shaped staircases that retain original balustrades.

The company was a pioneer in the idea of mail-order homes, and this is an example of its common "Devon" duplex.