It occupies an irregular diamond-shaped lot, and is (unlike its neighbors) oriented at an angle to the street.

The house is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a stuccoed exterior and brown wooden trim.

It has a hip roof with extended eaves, punctuated by hip-roofed dormers with shingled sides.

Other Craftsman details include exposed rafter ends and a number of diamond-pane windows.

It was owned for many years by Phillip M. Allyn, a publisher who worked in Boston.