It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, set on a hillside lot on the south side of Great Road.

The main block is five bays wide, with a central chimney rising through the gable roof.

The house was owned into the 20th century by four generations of individuals named Israel Arnold.

[2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1970.

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