Ovran, two stories tall, built of wood with a hip roof and four gables.

Jutting up from each gable peak is a narrow carved dragon head, said to be considered good luck by Norwegians at that time.

Beneath the dragon heads, the gable ends are decorated with bargeboards and carved crosspieces.

At the side entrance is a speaking tube through which patients could talk with Dr. Iverson in his bedroom at night, before the arrival of the telephone.

It wasn't financially successful at first and he moved his family to the hospital in 1905, both to save money and for convenience.