It is a two-story wood-frame house, with a third floor under its Second Empire mansard roof.

It has a full-width porch with turned balusters and paired pillars, with a projecting central section with decorative brackets.

Two two-story ells extend the building to the rear, and there is a period carriage barn with cupola at the back of the property.

[2] The house was built sometime between 1854 and 1870 (estimated 1865 based on style) by Joseph Shattuck, a local builder.

The house typifies development made in the mid-19th century to attract new residents to what was then seen as a fashionable residential area.