[1] The Ingraham House is located on the east side of Portland's West End neighborhood, on the northeast side of State Street, a short way south of Danforth Street.

It is a three-story wood-frame structure, with a hip roof, clapboard siding, and a granite foundation.

The main entrance is at the center sheltered by a hip-roofed portico with Doric columns.

[3] The house was designed by Alexander Parris, then early in his career, and was built in 1801 for Joseph Holt Ingraham, a silversmith and businessman.

Later owners of the house include William Pitt Preble, a justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, and James M. Churchill, a merchant and shipowner.