Built in 1921, it is one of the city's finest examples of period Revival architecture, notably including antique elements imported from Europe.

It consists of two roughly rectangular wings, set at right angles to each other and joined by a central octagonal entry.

The upper levels are generally finished in half-timbered stucco, in some places decorated by additional foliate carvings.

Many of its leaded casement windows are antiques shipped from Europe, and the house's Great Hall has architectural features removed from an Italian monastery.

[2] The house was donated to the Worcester Polytechnic Institute after the death of Aldus Chapin Higgins' wife.