The house is made of squared logs laid on top of each other, fitted to lock at the corners. The building is a 19' x 27' completely handhewn structure with no evidence of any iron in the original walls as nails or door and window hardware.

In 1860, a large kitchen was built onto the back of the house and some siding was nailed over the logs. A wooden floor was built. The inside walls were covered with plaster and a stairway replaced the ladder that had been used to get up to the second floor.

In 1888, the house was "modernized". A porch was added, some clapboard siding nailed over the outside boards, the windows enlarged, and inside, decorative wainscot boards were added on the walls of the front room and kitchen.

Today the front room has been restored to a sitting room from 1888. The side room, which in the past was divided in two bedrooms, is used today to display the migration history of Prussian Lutherans.

The back room of the house, which used to be the kitchen, displays historical craftsmanship artifacts. In the barn are old farm tools and equipment. The museum is owned and managed by the Historical Society of North German Settlements in Western New York.