Its oldest section is near the northern end; it also presents a gable to the street, and has a single-story polygonal bay window in the first floor and pilastered corners.

The interior reflects fifty years of evolutionary history, including some finish elements from virtually every major period of alteration.

[2] The Lakeview Inn began in 1872 as a modest 1+1⁄2-story Italianate boarding house, catering to summer visitors enjoying the local scenery.

In 1880 a summer colony of academics and artists was established at Caspian Lake, and the inn served as one of its major meeting points.

It underwent several phases of enlargement, with the last significant actions being the unification of the facade in 1921 by the construction of the Colonial Revival porch across the front.