The first level houses modern commercial storefronts, with plate glass windows sheltered by awnings.

The upper floor bays are all sash windows, and are divided into groups of varying size by projecting piers that rise to the roof.

A band of corbelled brickwork separates the second and third levels, and the third level is topped by a band of limestone, above which is a row of blind arches, giving the third-floor windows the appearance of being set in arched openings.

It was built by the Reading Masonic Temple Corporation, a private stock company composed of local businessmen.

Longtime tenants of the building included Willis' Drug Store, the Reading Chronicle (publisher 1894-1932), and the local Masonic lodge, which occupied the third floor.