Built in 1797, the house is significant as the home of the writer Kate Douglas Wiggin from 1905 until her death in 1923, and as a fine example of adaptive architectural change over time.

This section has modest Greek Revival styling, including a fully pedimented gable that has three windows, the central one topped by a lancet-arched louver.

One bedroom in the older part of the house has a curved ceiling, suggesting it may have served as a ballroom at one time.

The interior's most intriguing room is completely painted in murals, with a golden frieze border running around the top.

Kate Douglas Wiggin, by then already a well-known author of children's books, acquired this house in 1905, having spent some years of her childhood in Salmon Falls.