Built in 1927 for a local business leader, it is one of the town's largest and most distinctive examples of Colonial Revival architecture.

The Robert and Julia Darling House stands in the town center of Simsbury, on the east side of Hopmeadow Street, its principal thorough fare.

It is just north of the Drake Hill shopping center, which stands on land formerly part of the Darling estate.

The building exhibits basic symmetry in the Colonial Revival style, and has finely detailed entrances on the front-facing west, south, and in the corner created by the ell, which features a curved pavilion and porte-cochere.

After Robert Darling died in 1957, his son sold the house, and it was converted to medical offices.