[2] The Chateau Frontenac was an eight-story apartment building constructed from buff brick, with off-white terra cotta details and a hipped roof of green Spanish tile.

[4] The building was Mediterranean Revival with some French Gothic accents, and covered an E-shaped plan area.

[4] The entranceway was through a tile-roofed projecting pavilion (the center leg of the "E") containing a terra cotta fountain with a dolphin motif.

Decorative elements included wood frame moldings and hallway cornices with leaf motifs.

[4] The Chateau Frontenac was one of several high quality apartment buildings that opened along East Jefferson Avenue in the first few decades of the twentieth century.