It was built for Joshua Huntington, scion of a prominent family and a local military leader during the American Revolutionary War.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 23, 1972.

It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a gambrel roof, twin brick chimneys, and clapboard siding.

Its main entrance is flanked by pilasters and topped by a transom window and gabled pediment.

The younger Huntington served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, participating the Siege of Boston and parts of the [1776 New York and New Jersey campaign.