It is a 2+3⁄4-story wood-frame structure, with a dormered gambrel roof, central chimney, and clapboarded exterior.

The front entry is centered, with a reproduction surround consisting of flanking pilasters and a pedimented gable above.

The interior of the house follows a typical Georgian central chimney plan, but has a wider than usual entry vestibule with staircase.

He built it for Jabez Bacon, a merchant and banker who operated a store next door, and sent traders as far west as present-day Ohio.

Curtiss notably trained as a salesman Collis Potter Huntington, who later became prominent for his role in construction of the transcontinental railway.