Constructed 1905-06 by E. M. Fulton, the eighth Commonwealth Attorney of Wise County and a community leader, the Fulton House is a prominent historic landmark at the center of the Town of Wise. It is among the oldest and finest residences in the Appalachian coal mining region of far southwest Virginia. The house, exhibiting the most fashionable design embellishments of its time, features projecting bays; seven gables; early Colonial Revival characteristics that include a dentil cornice and Doric-columned front porch (changed to Ionic capitals since the house was listed in the registers); and elaborate late-Victorian interior woodwork and stained-glass windows. The property is surrounded by a finely-crafted stone retaining wall, with a metal gate and stone steps leading from a sidewalk to the main front entrance. The E. M. Fulton House is remarkably intact, in spite of its immediate proximity to one of the busiest intersections in the region.