The property, more than 100 acres (40 ha) includes a farmhouse dating to the 1790s, which was the seat of Simeon Smith, a prominent local doctor, politician, and landowner.

The main house is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a gable roof, end chimneys, clapboard siding, and a granite foundation.

Across the front stands a monumental two-story Colonial Revival portico, with a shed roof supported by Tuscan columns, some grouped in closely spaced pairs.

The front rooms exhibit a combination of period 18th-century finishes and alterations made during a major 1937 update of the structure.

Smith was a prominent early settler of the area, and made a significant fortune speculating in land, in addition to providing medical services, serving as a local probate judge and in the state legislature.