It was designed by architect Charles Follen McKim (1847-1909) and built in 1896.

It is a two-story, six-bay, eclectic dwelling built of uncoursed fieldstone.

The house is rectangular in plan and has a wood shingled roof with overhanging twin gables.

The front entrance is a Dutch door and features a portico supported by two square, bracketed columns.

The carriage house is a two-story, wood frame, stucco covered, Tudor style building built in 1901.