The house is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof, twin interior chimneys, and a fieldstone foundation under its eastern half.

Its main facade, facing south, is symmetrically arranged, with a center entrance flanked by sidelight windows and sheltered by a gabled porch.

[2] Deacon Timothy Kingsbury purchased the land on which this house stands in 1702, and was one of the leaders of the effort to incorporate Needham, which succeeded in 1711.

His addition to the western end of the house required relocation of Nehoiden Street, which was moved 150 feet (46 m) west of its original route.

Subsequent owners of this house made numerous additions (including the removal of some to be replaced by others, but the main block was not substantially altered.