Though sometimes disparaged in comparison with Freeman's earlier Richardsonian Romanesque works, this Classical Revival[3] building rooted in north Italian 16th-century palazzo styles[4] nevertheless incorporates some interesting design features.

[3] The base of the building is constructed of channelled, rusticated limestone, while the stories above are of a light-colored brick, with terra cotta ornaments.

The rusticated ground floor is capped with a prominent cornice which forms a continuous line with a series of balustraded balconies below the pedimented windows.

At the top of the building is a row of smaller attic windows, "set within a magnificent terra cotta frieze", and a final, heavy cornice.

[3] The interior of the clubhouse originally featured "a fantastic variety of spaces", including a swimming pool, rifle range and bowling alley in the basement, squash and handball courts, a gymnasium on the top floor, a billiard room, a double-height, oak-panelled dining room on the third floor, a grand hall, sleeping quarters and a library.