Built about 1740, it is one of the town's oldest surviving buildings, and a well-preserved example of Georgian architecture.

[1] The Holabird House stands in a rural area of central western Canaan, on the northeast side of Kellog Road just north of its junction with Connecticut Route 126.

It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof, central chimney and clapboarded exterior.

The main entrance is at the center, framed by plain boards and a transom window; it is a replacement.

[2] The oldest portion of the house, probably a three-bay section, was built about 1740 by Timothy Holabird, one of Canaan's earliest settlers.