Built in 1835, it is one of the state's few surviving pre-1850 district schoolhouses, and one of the least-altered of that group.

It served the city as a school until 1891, and was acquired in 1951 by the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

It is a 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure resting on a fieldstone foundation, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior.

The interior has plastered walls with a cove ceiling, and a painted wooden blackboard.

Exterior alterations are limited to the addition of folding shutters for the windows, and a flagpole near the entrance.