[2] By 1898, it was recognized that student nurses needed nearby housing while attending the Training School.

[5] The Helen Newberry Nurses Home is a large three-story, L-shaped, red-and-brown brick Jacobean Revival residential building.

A three-story limestone entry bay projects slightly from the center of the main facade.

[4] Two massive corbelled ornamental brick chimney stacks rise through the roof, one on the right side of the building and one near the center.

[4] The interior of the structure has a central corridor in both the main section and the ell with rooms to either side.

Stairs leads from the entryway up to the main corridor level, and two more stairways are located at each end of the building.