It is roughly bounded by Oak, Williams, Butts, and Saco Streets, and includes eight small-scale brick houses with vernacular Colonial Revival styling.

[1] The Saco–Pettee Machine Shops complex is located on the north side of Oak Street in Newton Upper Falls.

This industrial complex was founded in 1830, and was by the late 19th century the city's largest employer, producing equipment for use in textile mills.

[2] The houses built by the company are one and two-family brick structures, with variants of then-popular Colonial Revival styling.

The house at 41 Butts Street is a fairly typical single-family residence, two stories in height, with a saltbox profile.