The house is fully integrated into the campus and has not retained any other elements of the original Harriman estate.

The house is a 2+1⁄2-story stuccoed structure, seven bays wide, with a steep hip roof pierced by a series of hip-roof dormers.

The entrance, centered on the facade, is sheltered by a balustraded portico supported by Tuscan columns, and set in an arched opening.

[2] The house was built for power company executive Henry I. Harriman (who later became president of the United States Chamber of Commerce).

The house was acquired in 1950 by the Newton College of the Sacred Heart (founded 1946), and integrated into its campus.