Its front facade faces east toward Park Avenue, with the center section projecting slightly.

A new entrance, added about 1930, is located near the southwest corner of the building, sheltered by a rounded porch enclosed by French doors.

[3] The house was designed by local architect George Clemence, and was built in 1905 for Harry Goddard, president of the Spencer Wire Company.

Goddard, a prominent local businessman, entertained William Howard Taft, then the United States Secretary of War, at this house, which he named "Elmarion".

[3] In 1970, the house was deeded with a life tenancy clause to the American Antiquarian Society, whose headquarters are across the street, by Eleanor Goddard Daniels.