Built in 1880 as an artist summer house and studio, it is a good local example of Stick style architecture.

[1] It has been rehabilitated by the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC), and now serves as a bunkhouse as part of its Crawford Notch Highland Center.

[2] The former Shapleigh Studio is located on the campus of the AMC Highland Center, just north of the top of Crawford Notch on the west side of U.S. Route 302 in Bretton Woods.

It is a single-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior.

An enclosed shed-roof porch extends across the southern part of the western facade; this is also where the main entrance is located.