This relatively substantial Federal house serves as an important visual "anchor" at the corner of Plymouth and Summer Sts. Together with the old Burial Ground across the street, this house and its ample, tree-shaded lot, provide a charming "gateway" to the Central Square area. It possesses a U-shaped center hall plan, symmetrical 5-bay main facade, low hip roof. Particularly noteworthy is its recessed porch at its southeast corner—this may have been created c. 1900 at the time of the Colonial Revival entrance porch's construction.