The Native American trail along Waits River to the Winooski River that Ethan Allen improved in 1784–1786 brought the earliest settlers to Corinth. Among them was Jonathan Lovewell, who served as an ensign in the Corinth militia in 1785 and is said to have erected the post-and-beam frame for this substantial, two-story central-hall house in 1791. Judging by the regular twelve-over-twelve sash windows and late Georgian main entrance, it is likely he finished his house shortly after 1800. It has a distinctive triangular pediment atop simple pilasters, which bulge in a naive interpretation of entasis. This detail is found on several other early Corinth houses and evidently imitated the more refined entrances of Georgian houses in Bradford, now remodeled or gone but known from historic photographs.