Its main block, completed in 1846, is one of the state's finest examples of Greek Revival architecture.

Its main block presents a prominent Greek Revival temple front to Pleasant Street, with four fluted Doric columns supported a full entablature and gabled roof end.

The west side of the block, facing Park Street, also has a single-story colonnade of Greek Revival columns.

[2] The main block of the house was built in 1846 for Julius Norton, owner of a major local pottery factory, and his second wife Sophia.

The Norton pottery was marketed as one of the largest concerns of its kind in the country, shipping wares across New England and eastern Canada.