A row of six apartment units, it was built in about 1850, and is a rare surviving example of worker housing dating to the early period of North Adams' industrial development.

It consists of six rowhouses, each three bays wide, with entrances set in pairs under gable-roofed porches.

The styling is basically a vernacular Greek Revival, with flat cornerboards and short returns on the building's gable ends.

(The other building originally stood next door, was extensively altered in the 20th century, and has subsequently been demolished.)

When Hathaway retired from the mill partnership, he and his wife occupied one of the units in this building.