The house was built by the Reverend James Noyes, a Puritan pastor, who settled in Newbury in the mid-17th century.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

[1] The main block of the house is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a large central chimney.

The interior rooms of the main block have Federal period styling, probably dating to the time of the first addition.

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