It was built in 1893, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, T-shaped, Queen Anne-style frame dwelling.

It features a deep, full-width front porch with Doric order columns, a round tower with domed roof, and coursed wood shingles.

The house has 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 1 half-bath, 1 kitchen, and 9 additional rooms.

The house was built for Herschel Coombs Ogden (1869-1943), a publisher, community leader, and businessman significant in the history of West Virginia.

This article about a property in Ohio County, West Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.