the milton house is a grout building consisting of a three-story hexagonal section with a two-story hexagonal wing. the hotel's main rooms are located within the tower, which has a central spiral stairway with rooms on the sides; the common rooms are on the first floor, while the upper floors and the wing contain guest rooms. the house's grout construction inspired orson squire fowler, an advocate of octagonal homes, to recommend the use of grout in such buildings. behind the house is the goodrich cabin, which was built in 1837 and brought to the site in 1839; it was one of two cabins in which goodrich lived when he first settled in milton.