Built in 1900 by brothers William and Lavella Norton, it is a particularly elaborate example of Queen Anne architecture in a rural setting with a square tower believed to be unique in the state.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a complex cross-gable configuration that includes a prominent three-story square tower with an elaborate woodwork parapet at the top.

The building is finished in a combination of shingling (including decorative cut shingles at the higher levels) and clapboards, and rests on a granite foundation.

The interior woodwork was executed by Norton's brother William, and includes a molded oak arch, a multi-wood parquet floor in the dining room, and kitchen cabinetry and molding of birdseye maple.