Built in 1800, it is a well-preserved example of a late Georgian/early Federal country house, and was the farmhouse for one of Acton's largest 19th-century farms.

It is a two-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a hip roof, twin interior chimneys, clapboard siding, and a stone foundation.

The interior retains high-quality original woodwork, in the broad central hall and the front rooms.

The main stairwell includes original and unrestored stencilwork by Moses Eaton, Jr.[2] The house is notable as one of four built in Acton as the result of a lottery sponsored by Harvard College in 1794–95.

The lottery was one of several run by the college to raise funds for the construction of buildings and acquisition of land.