It is a 1+1⁄2-story brick structure with a front-facing gable and a modest Greek temple front with four Tuscan columns and fully enclosed wood frame pediment.

[2] The Norridgewock Female Academy was established in 1837, and the main block of this building was constructed that year on land donated by Dr. Amos Townsend.

The school operated until 1860; among its notable graduates was Rebecca Sophia Clarke, who later wrote children's books under the pen name "Sophie May".

The property was then used by the Eaton School (founded 1865) prior to the construction in 1866-67 of its Second Empire edifice next door.

This building was then adapted by the Eaton School for use as faculty housing, a role it filled until the 1880s, when it was sold into private hands.