It is a predominantly residential area, densely populated, which was developed most heavily in the late 19th century.

[1] Although the district is predominantly residential, it has a modest number of non-residential civic, religious, and industrial buildings.

The only industrial facility is the Hemphill Mill on Dexter Street, a four-story brick structure built in 1909.

Two school buildings survive: the Central Street School, an Italianate wood-frame structure built in 1881 which is separately listed on the National Register, and the present Central Falls City Hall, an imposing brick building built as a high school in 1889 with Queen Anne styling when the area was still part of Lincoln.

Architectural embellishments are typically modest, following the style of the time, resulting in a significant number of modest worker cottages with some Italianate styling, which predominated during the early period of the area's development.