It was home for 20 years to Samuel Cony, Governor of Maine from 1864 to 1867, and also his son-in-law, Joseph Homan Manley.

It is oriented with its main facade to the south, presenting a gable end to the street.

Cony was long active in state politics, notably serving as Governor of Maine during the later years of the American Civil War.

Manley was a prominent Republican political operative, who served in the state legislature.

The house was designed by Alexander Jackson Davis, a leading American architect of the period, with alterations made about 1930 by John P.