It was the house of John Tufts (1689–1750), an important early American music educator.

The doorway is framed by Georgian period pilasters and pedimented entablature.

There is a 20th-century saltbox-style addition across part of the back of the house, and a gabled addition on the right that is connected to the main house by a narrow inset section.

[2] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

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