Its earliest section dates to 1685, with the main block reaching its present configuration before 1720.

[2][3] The house was restored in the 1930s by early preservationist Norman Isham and listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 1, 1978.

[1] The John Randall House is set on a rural parcel of land down a long lane on the west side of Route 2, about 2,000 feet (610 m) north of its junction with Interstate 95.

It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, five asymmetrical bays wide, with a massive central stone chimney and clapboarded exterior.

Darius Randall, a descendant who lived in the John Randall House was an abolitionist and the home was a stop on the Underground Railroad with a trap door in the Keep (Hearth Room) that leads to a secret room where slaves were hidden.