It is roughly rectangular in plan, with asymmetrical projecting sections to the sides.

The second-floor porch has turned posts set on shingled piers, with a latticework frieze between them at the top.

The main gable is framed in wood and finished in shingles set in a wavy pattern, with a projecting bay at the center with two round-arch windows in the front.

[2] The house was built in 1887 to a design by Fuller & Delano, and is one of the city's finer examples of Queen Anne brickwork.

It was built for Otis Putnam, a native of nearby Leicester who worked his way through the ranks to become a leading partner in one of the city's largest department stores.