Built about 1815, it is unusual in the city as a particularly well-preserved example of a Federal period double house.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

It is a three-story structure, built with load-bearing brick walls.

The "best" rooms of the interior feature delicate Federal period wainscoting, and have mantelpieces supported by six engaged columns.

Although it was one of a number of brick buildings built in the wake of an 1813 fire that devastated Portsmouth's downtown area, its construction as a double house is distinctive.