[2][3] Located across the street from the Morristown Green, the three-story building housed retail and rental properties,[4][3] most notably Adams & Fairchild grocers and P. H. Hoffman & Son clothiers.

[6] The three-story building appeared to have two Dutch neck gables on either side, creating a symmetrical exterior that may recall the Western-style false front and Mission Revival architecture.

[2] By 1882,[7] the Clothiers operated out of the historic Arnold's Tavern which also housed Adams & Fairchild Groceries[8][9] and the jewelry store of F. J. Crowell[7] as well as apartments.

That year, former tenants Adams & Fairchild Grocers moved in and advertised their relocation back to 20 North Park Place.

[13] That year, Sidney A. Baldwin, organist and musical director of the Morristown Church of the Redeemer, had her studio where she taught pianoforte in the Hoffman Building.