[1] The house faces east to the Connecticut River from the southwest corner of High Street and Wyllys Avenue.

It is of a symmetrical cube form with a projecting pavilion, prominent porte cochere, and elaborate scrolled brackets beneath the eaves of the roof and cupola.

Hubbard was co-founder of the Russell Manufacturing Company, builder of the Mansion block, and a Postmaster General.

Since then Presidents Raymond, Shanklin, Olin, McConaughty (later Governor of Connecticut), Butterfield, Etherington, and Campbell have occupied the house.

The large scale of this house, together with its elaborate decorative treatment, makes it one of the most sophisticated examples of its style in Middletown.