Built c.1906, it is an imposing four-story architect-designed Beaux-Arts building, constructed by Hugh J. Chisholm, Rumford's leading industrialist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

[1] The building was designed by the architectural firm of Stone, Carpenter & Willson, based in Providence, Rhode Island, and was completed in 1906.

[2] It was built for Hugh J. Chisholm, the industrialist responsible for Rumford's development in the late 19th century as a major paper processing center, by Frank Bunker Gilbreth.

The main entrance is set under a three-story arch supported by square stone piers, and topped by a triangular pediment at the third floor.

[7] These additions, including the new fourth floor and flamboyant lobby, were Italian Renaissance Revival in style, though later alterations have removed most external detail.