Architects Claude and Starck, a prominent local firm with ties to Frank Lloyd Wright, designed the Prairie School home.

Lougee also managed the Palmer House in Chicago, the New Kimball Hotel in Atlanta, and the University Club in Madison.

[3] Lougee hired the prominent Madison architectural firm of Louis W. Claude and Edward F. Starck to design his home.

The two architects were partners from 1896 until 1929 and designed both residences and public buildings across Wisconsin and its neighboring states.

[3] The two-story house has a stucco exterior, as was common for Prairie School homes, and a gable roof.