The houses in the district are predominantly Colonial Revival and Queen Anne in their styling, a relative rarity in Weston although common in other Boston suburbs.

The district extends along Merriam Street, which crosses the railroad line on an old wooden bridge, south to Westland Road.

The district is complete residential in character, occupying about 54 acres (22 ha) with 41 historically significant houses, as well as a number of period barns and garages.

[3] Merriam Street is a road that dates to relatively early in the area's settlement history, but its northern end remained farmland until the 1890s.

The oldest house in the district, 227 Merriam Street, was built in 1892 for a worker at the Hook & Hastings Pipe Organ Company, whose plant was one stop east on the rail line.