Built about 1715, it is a well-preserved example of colonial residential architecture, which was occupied by a single family for over 250 years.

It is a two-story wood-frame vernacular house, with a gabled roof, central chimney, and clapboarded exterior.

The main facade is five bays wide, with symmetrically placed windows around a center entrance.

The interior retains a number of period features, including a built-in cabinet in one of the parlors, wide floorboards, and a paneled staircase in the entry vestibule.

It was occupied by six generations of the Waldo family before being given to the Scotland Historical Society in 1971, complete with its contents.