It is five bays wide, with a large central chimney typical of the period, and is one of the few surviving colonial-era farmhouses in the city.

The Dexter farm is further notable as the site where French Army troops were stationed upon their return from Virginia in 1782, during the American Revolutionary War.

The paved parking lot which surrounds the house on two sides is believed to contain archaeological remains of the French camp.

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