The main facade faces west toward the road, and is five bays wide, with a center entrance flanked by simple pilasters and topped by a transom window, entablature, and gabled pediment.

The interior retains the original Georgian central chimney plan, with an entry vestibule with winding staircase, and flanking parlor spaces.

A 19th-century barn stands across the street from the house, supposedly on the site of Jonathan Elkins' first residence, a log cabin.

These plans were never realized, but the road (which was built to Hazen's Notch in Westfield) opened the area to settlement.

Jonathan Elkins, a native of Haverhill, New Hampshire, arrived in what is now Peacham, and built a log cabin in 1775.