[1][2] The house was constructed in about 1895 and is an irregularly massed two-and-a-half-story Queen Anne-style home.

It has intricate Eastlake architecture details and a fanciful restored massing.

Perry Colson purchased the home in 1903 and sold it to William Turner Pound, the first husband of Mary Phifer.

The Holbrook family, the current owners and innkeepers, purchased the property, that had been neglected, in 1978.

Giovanna Holbrook and her daughter Cornelia later purchased and restored the Cushman-Colson House in 1992.