The house reflects the vernacular of the area, being constructed of local Pennsylvania field stone and is built into the hillside, similar to a Bucks County bank barn.

When viewed from the side, the building is in the form of a trapezoid where the southwest and northeast elevations are tapered with a wider base with a seven degree slope.

The spaces between the diamonds, the supports and each buttress-like structure are filled with three pentagonal clearstory windows, giving the roof the illusion of floating above the walls.

The residence is the earliest example of the sculptural architecture that would become Paul Rudolph's signature style, often labeled as a “Brutalist” because many of his designs were executed in raw concrete.

At the request of the owners, John and Alice Fullam,[4] the design was never published and remained unknown in the Paul Rudolph Portfolio.