Probably built about 1870, it is notable as the home of Edward G. Acheson (1856-1931), the inventor of carborundum, and as the likely site of its invention.

It is roughly L-shaped and covered by a hip roof, with a two-bay gabled projection in front.

Acheson, a native of nearby Washington, was a minimally educated, but in 1880 landed a job at the laboratory of Thomas Edison.

According to local lore, the experiments were probably conducted in a summer kitchen attached to the back of the house.

He moved to Niagara Falls, New York in 1895, to take advantage of the large power station there to develop carborundum production on an industrial scale.