Located along Main Street on the city's eastern side, the house mixes elements of the Greek Revival and Italianate architectural styles.

Two stories high,[2] the house is built in a mixed architectural style: its structure is the post and beam characteristic of period Greek Revival structures, but the overall shape is that of early Italianate houses.

Among its Italianate elements are its cubical shape, a shallow hip roof, and large eaves supported by double brackets.

[3] For its first several decades, the McCrea House was almost alone; only one other nearby house was built circa 1840, for the surrounding neighborhood was primarily constructed in the last decade of the nineteenth century.

It lies one block east of the Watt-Groce-Fickhardt House, which is also listed on the National Register.