Although it is relatively modest cottage, it exhibits such typical elements of that style as a double-pitched hip roof (also known as a Dickey roof), exposed rafters, casement windows, an open floor plan, Chinese interior motifs, and a panoramic view.

[1] Many of the leading architects in Honolulu during the 1920s consciously employed both European and Asian motifs in their designs, as they pursued a distinctive Hawaiian style of architecture that celebrated the multiethnic roots of Island society.

The R. N. Linn house is one of the few fine middle-class homes from that period to show similar Chinese influences.

[1] Reuben N. Linn was a court reporter and his wife Merle taught at Waialua Elementary School.

They had acquired a lot of Chinese household furniture during a trip to China in 1922, and this likely influenced their choice of interior design.