Built in 1878 for Charles Gay, a local shoe manufacturer, it features an architecturally eclectic mix of Late Victorian decorations.

[1] The Gay-Munroe House stands on the west side of Highland Avenue, in a residential area northwest of Auburn's central business district.

It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a roughly T-shaped plan that has a hip roof and cross gable projecting section, with a hip-roof ell extending to the rear.

The dormer is decorated with Stick style woodwork, a detail repeated in the larger projecting side gable section.

[2] The house was designed by the Lewiston firm of Stevens & Coombs, and was built in 1878 for Charles Gay, who was involved in Auburn's shoe industry, its major economic force.