The building is two stories in height, with a gabled roof, clapboard siding, and foundation of mixed materials, including dry-laid rubblestone, brick, and concrete.

The main facade has a typical 5-bay Federal appearance, with a center entrance framed by pilasters and topped by an entablature with projecting cornice.

The ell is ten bays long, of which six are original to the building, and four represent a mid 19th-century conversion of what had been an attached barn.

This building was owned by its tontine group until 1869, and was operated primarily with a drugstore in the commercial space, with tenement units behind.

The investment group that owned the building was responsible for significant development of the village of East Guilford in the mid 19th century.