The former private residence, whose previous occupants include a musician, several politicians, and a mountain explorer, now serves as a historic house museum and headquarters of the Woman's National Democratic Club (WNDC).

The Shingle style home was designed by local architect Harvey L. Page in 1892 and completed two years later.

In 1907, Canadian Rockies explorer Walter Wilcox inherited the house, and lived there from 1911 to 1926.

The concrete Modernist expansion was designed by architect Nicholas Satterlee, whose work includes Holmes Run Acres.

[2] In addition to serving as the WNDC's clubhouse, Whittemore House is home to the Woman's National Democratic Club Museum, which features memorabilia from various Democratic political campaigns, photographs, antique furnishings from the Gilded Age, and art exhibits.