It is a 2-3 story wood-frame structure, four bays wide, with a mansard roof.

The building presents 2+1⁄2 stories to the front, with a row of four dormers on the roof, a porch extending the entire width of the front, and wrapping around to the right to join a projecting section of the main block.

The Hygeia's previous owner, Dr. John Champlin, had his medical office in this building and continued to rent rooms to summer visitors.

[2] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

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