Built about 1764, it is one of the oldest buildings in Winchester, and is also important for its association with the Gardner family, who were early settlers of the area.

The main block is five bays wide and only one room deep, with a large central chimney.

Edward Gardner, one of his fifth-generation descendants built this house about 1764, the year he inherited the land.

[2] The house was purchased in 1931 by F. Patterson Smith, a Harvard-educated architect who later became dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, who undertook its restoration.

His work included the removal of a 19th-century shoe-shop wing (now 2 Gardner Place), and converted the barn (which also stands on a now-separate lot) to a Shingle-style residence.