With a construction history dating to about 1700, it is one of the oldest buildings in the community, exhibiting a pattern of architectural changes over the 18th century.

It is a 1+1⁄2-story gambrel-roofed Cape style house, with clapboard and shingle siding, a five bay facade, and a large central chimney.

The interior follows a central chimney plan, with the east side of the house exhibiting construction methods of the early 18th century, as well as period featheredged wood paneling.

[2] The oldest portion of the house, its east side, was built c. 1700, and the main block reached its present size c.

[2] The house was built on land that had been granted to Thomas Bull, one of the founders of Hartford, for his service in the Pequot War of 1637.