The 1½-story frame house features a vernacular Classical cornice, symmetrical plan, a gable roof, and a limestone basement.

The structure is composed of oak that is split into short lengths for use in a stove, or stovewood.

The house was moved to the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in 1976 in order to preserve it.

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