[2] The Lucian Newhall House stands in Lynn's Diamond District, a residential area where the city's elite lived during the period of historical significance.

At the center of the roof is a square cupola with three round-arch windows on each side, and a broad-eaved hip-roof with an elaborate bracketed cornice.

The building corners have wooden block quoining, and eaves—like those of the cupola—adorned with an elaborated bracketed cornice.

The Ocean Street facade of the house has a similar plan and decoration, but its ground-floor bays are rectangular, and its three roof dormers identical.

[2] The house was built in 1866 for Lucian Newhall (October 14, 1824 – May 17, 1898),[3] a descendant of early Lynn settlers.