Completed in 1926, it is a well-preserved example of institutional Colonial Revival architecture, enhanced by a parklike setting.

The property is bounded on the northwest by United States Route 1, from which it is not visible, by town-owned family housing to its north, and by town athletic facilities to the south, from which it is separated by a stand of mature trees where a war memorial is located.

Colonial Revival features include brick corner quoining, a cornice studded with modillion blocks, and a fully pedimented gable above the main building entrance, in which there is a round window topped by a garland.

[2] The school was designed by Errol Coffin, a local architect, and was completed in 1926, replacing an older wood-frame structure located across US 1 from this site.

In the 1960s, much of its interior decorative material was removed as part of renovations to modernize the building for code.