It was built in 1860 for prosperous local businessman Salmon Washburn, who ran a furniture, housewares and hardware business on Main Street.

[2] The two-story house is built on a square plan with a low-pitch hipped roof and very broad cornice.

Dominating the stucco façade is a bold, semi-circular-arched doorway inset with an elaborate cast-iron screen, cast in foliate pattern, in the transom area.

The Massachusetts Historical Commission Form B was incorrectly marked as "Samuel Washburn House".

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