The 1916 Classical Revival building was designed by Joseph McArthur Vance, a prominent local architect, and is the best preserved of his works.

[1] The Frank Howard Building occupies the eastern portion of a city block, facing Fenn, Federal and 1st Streets to the northeast of Pittsfield's central Park Square.

The north facade faces Fenn Street, and has two commercial storefronts, each with plate glass display windows and recessed entrances.

Sash windows are set in rectangular openings, with stone lintels, and stringcourses serving as sills beneath them on the third floor.

Portions of the building remained vacant throughout this time, and in 2010 it was sold to A.C. Enterprises, which is overseeing a historically sensitive conversion to mixed used.