It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof, two interior brick chimneys, and a clapboarded exterior.

[2] The land on which the house stands has a long association with the locally prominent Taft family.

As early as 1708 it was the farm of Joseph Taft, who helped oversee construction of Uxbridge's first meetinghouse in 1728–30.

It is unclear from the documentary record whether the present house is a surviving element of Joseph Taft's farm, or if it was built by a later 18th-century generation.

It was acquired in the 1860s by Zadock Taft, a great-grandson of Joseph, who owned several industrial concerns in the area, including a half interest in the Rivulet Mill Complex.