Built in the 1870s, it is an unusually late example of Greek Revival architecture with Italianate embellishments and later Victorian additions.

Cummings House is located in a residential area northwest of downtown Southbridge, at the southwest corner of Marcy and Edward Streets.

It is the smallest but best preserved house of those at this corner, which was a fashionable residential area in the mid to late 19th century.

[2] The house was built in the 1870s for Edwin B. Cummings, co-owner of a hardware store on Main Street.

The other houses at the corner, while of greater size and originally more stylish, have had their historic integrity compromised by the application of synthetic siding.