[2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 for having local significance in architecture, agriculture, and settlement.

It has a distinctive silhouette, with multiple roof shapes, dormers, a square tower, and tall brick chimneys.

The exterior is embellished with stone window trim, transoms, scalloped wooden shingles in the gables, and belt courses.

The owner, George W. Baird, moved from Pennsylvania to Minnesota in 1857 and bought a farm in the Edina Mills area.

Baird was a promoter of scientific farming practices and pioneered in livestock breeding, and he is credited with bringing the first Merino sheep to Minnesota.