Built in 1872 for a local businessman, it is one of the most unusual houses in Massachusetts, being a circular masonry building with Second Empire styling.

The roof is pierced by pedimented gable dormers in a classic Second Empire style, and by a circular chimney.

[2] The house was built on land long owned by the Bowers family, but was subdivided for development around 1850.

[3] It was built in 1872 by Jonathan Bowers, a local industrialist who owned a sawmill and a granite quarry, as well as an amusement park in nearby Tyngsborough.

Returned to private ownership, it has since served mainly as a residence, also housing a small law office for a time.