The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 for its local significance in the themes of architecture and exploration/settlement.

[2] As one of the original houses in Valley Creek, it was nominated for helping to depict one of the many small Washington County settlements that formed around a commercial venture—though one that never progressed to formal platting—and the community's two-decade preference for Greek Revival architecture.

Patterned on ancient Greek temples, it sports as decoration full-height pilasters at the front corners, a wide entablature, and gable returns forming a broken pediment.

[4] A transverse wing was added to the rear of the Gilbert House sometime after its nomination to the National Register.

Newington sold his interest in the mill just two years later, but in 1864 the Gilberts moved to the community of Valley Creek and had this home built for themselves and their two children.