Completed in 1906 in a modified version of the Italianate style,[1] the school is an ornate two-and-one-half-story brick building,[2] built on a stone foundation.

[3] Among its most distinctive features are a three-story tower in the center of the facade, ornamented brackets under the cornices of the corners, and dormer windows in the roof.

[2] The early settlers of southwestern Auglaize County and surrounding regions placed great value on the education of their children.

[2] This convent (now destroyed[4]: 2 ) was significant to the ecclesiastical position of St. Augustine's as one of the three mother churches of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood in western Ohio.

"[1] This group of buildings qualified for inclusion on the Register primarily because their historic architecture represented their connections to the Missionaries of the Precious Blood.