The house was built c. 1890, and was noted for its well-preserved Queen Anne styling[2] when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

The Richard O'Brien Three-Decker is located southeast of downtown Worcester, on the east side of Suffolk Street in a mixed residential-industrial area.

It is a three-story wood-frame structure, with a hip roof and exterior clad in modern siding.

Its front facade is asymmetrical, with a three-story rounded window bay on the left, and the main entrance on the right.

The exterior of the house was originally more elaborate: the main roof eave was bracketed, the porch balustrade had turned balusters, and the window bay had bands of decorative cut shingles between the floors.