It was built about 1855 by noted master carpenter Alexander Delos "Boss" Jones.

It is a 2-story, clapboard-sided farmhouse with a 1+1⁄2-story wing in the Greek Revival style.

It features innovative stacked plank construction, a low-pitched polygonal roof surmounted by a widow's walk, a full entablature circling the structure.

[2] The property was covered in a 1984 study of Duanesburg historical resources.

[3] The property was also-covered in a study of Boss Jones TR [4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.