This cottage was built by local contractor C. H. Veghte for the family of H. L. Whited. It is an outstanding example of Queen Anne architecture of cottage scale that was undoubtedly inspired by pattern book sources.

It is the only house of its type in Ashland which incorporates an octagonal tent-roofed belvedere in the veranda.

Adapted from the NRHP nomination submitted in 2006.