It was the home of the author, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1852–1930).

Built c. 1868, the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 17, 2020, for its significance in literature from 1902 to 1907.

The house is a two and one-half story frame building with Italianate style, built c. 1868.

While renting the house, Mary Wilkins Freeman described it in humor as:I have a home in Metuchen with twenty-eight doors and five pairs of stairs, otherwise it is quite pretty.

I suppose I shall spend most of my time, being naturally of a somewhat undecided turn, trying to decide which door to go in or out of, and what stairs to descend.