Built in 1879 for the widow of a successful ship's captain and shipbuilder, it is an elaborately decorated example of Second Empire architecture with Stick style features.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982;[1] it presently houses a funeral home.

The Hutchins House is prominently situated in the village center of Waldoboro, on the north side of Main Street (Maine State Route 220) between the post office and the Broad Bay Congregational United Church.

It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame building, with a roughly rectangular footprint augmented by several projecting sections and a three-story tower.

Projecting bays have windows set in pointed-arch openings, again decorated with Stick style elements.