[1] Located in German Township in southwestern Auglaize County,[2] it is a well-preserved Queen Anne mansion.

The design mixed brick and frame construction, sitting atop a stone foundation, to produce this twenty-room, two-and-a-half story house.

[3] When Boesel and his family moved into the house in late October 1895, the local newspaper spoke favorably of the new building, calling it "one of the finest in the county" and observing that the "view of the building while coming from Lock Two almost makes a person feel as though he were entering the suburb of a big city.

[3] After being extensively modified in the third quarter of the twentieth century, the house was purchased in 1976 by Donald and Jacqui Kuck, who began a long-term restoration program.

Included in their program was the removal of intrusive elements such as lowered ceilings and carpets on the walls.