It is set on a slight rise that would have had a fine view of the Androscoggin River to the north, from which it is now separated by United States Route 1.

It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof, two interior chimneys, clapboard siding, and a granite foundation.

The front facade, which faces east, has a Greek Revival portico sheltering the centered entrance, with fluted Ionic columns supporting an entablature and cornice.

[3] The house was built in 1799 and designed by the Melcher Brothers, Samuel III and Aaron.

He gained massive wealth through the fur trade as well as in Brunswick's burgeoning lumber industry.