The interior of the house follows a fairly conventional center hall plan, with two parlors, dining room, kitchen, and pantry on the first floor, and bedrooms on the second.

When Calvin gave his resignation, effective in August 1863, Harriet set to work preparing their first home in Hartford.

Fluctuating costs caused by the American Civil War made the project difficult but Harriet enjoyed supervising the work.

[4] The home was complete enough that, by May 1, 1864, she wrote, "I came here a month ago to hurry on the preparations for our house, in which I am now writing, in the high bow-window of Mr. Stowe's study, overlooking the wood and river.

We are not moved in yet, only our things, and the house presents a scene of the wildest chaos, the furniture having been tumbled in and lying boxed and promiscuous.

[9] Stowe died in her upstairs bedroom in the house in 1896 with several of her children, her sister Isabella Beecher Hooker, and other family members at her side.

Now known as the Stowe Center for Literary Activism, officially founded in 1941,[8] this organization carefully restored the property in 1965–68, and now operates it as a historic house museum.

[2] Today, guided tours are offered to the public, and the house includes original family furnishings and memorabilia.