The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969 (as Jonathan Fisher Memorial); it is open seasonally between July and October.

Jonathan Fisher was born in New Braintree, Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard College, before moving to Blue Hill in 1796 to take up a new ministry.

[2] The Fisher House is set on the southeast side of Mines Road (Maine State Route 176), facing northwest on a largely level lot.

The main house is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a hip roof, large central chimney, clapboard siding, and granite foundation.

A plain entablature encircles the house below the roof, and the main entry, located in the lower left bay, is sheltered by an enclosed hip-roofed vestibule.