It is set at the busy southeast corner of New Britain Avenue and South Main Street.

The main entrance is flanked by sidelight windows and framed by a molded surround.

It was built by John Seymour in what was one of the first areas of Hartford' West Parish to be settled.

It underwent a major renovation in the early 19th century, at which time that chimney was removed, and the attic and rear leanto spaces were rebuilt.

The Hookers held as captives Andrew and Philip Skene, Loyalists who were taken prisoner early in the American Revolutionary War by colonial forces that captured Fort Ticonderoga in upstate New York and ransacked the elder Skene's house.