[2] It was designed in 1922 by the architectural firm Clinton and Russell for cosmetics executive Lillian Sefton Dodge.

It is two and one half stories high with a full basement, of steel frame construction and faced with brown Westchester granite and trimmed in tawny limestone.

One distinguishing feature of the house is its four large stained glass windows that depict five Shakespeare plays.

Other interior features include: 400-year old entry doors, a 9-foot tall silverware safe, hand-sculpted patterned plaster ceilings, oak paneled walls and Renaissance chandeliers.

The property also has a contributing formal garden designed by Charles Wellford Leavitt (1871–1928), garage, and greenhouse.

[5] The gardens feature boxwood shaped to resemble a sundial and is scattered with urns and stone temples.

[4] Plantings in the gardens featured tulips, azaleas, mountain laurels, magnolias and Japanese cherry trees.

The room still has the original wall sconces, ornamental plaster ceiling, fireplace and wood carvings over the mantle.

[12] Lillian Sefton Dodge was the former president of Harriet Hubbard Ayer, Inc. a cosmetics manufacturing company.