Built in 1858, the mansion was a replacement for a previous house named Erwin's Castle which was built in 1808 at the same location and was destroyed by a flood in the early 1850s.

The two story frame cottage, covered with clapboards, is sitting on a brick basement.

It shows elements of Greek Revival and Italianate architecture.

[2][3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 3, 1975.

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