It is faced in brick laid in running bond with granite trim, over masonry walls on a balloon frame.

The sheet metal roof has a wide cornice with large, vertically elongated brackets at the corners and smaller ones in between.

It is enclosed by a baluster railing, which continues down the steps, and supported by freestanding columns at the front and engaged ones at the rear.

Two later black marble mantels are in the reception room, which has a carved Louis XVI-style wooden screen supported by four Corinthian columns.

[1] The Home was built by Vassar's nephews on the site of his old house, incorporating some of the original interior trim, such as the black marble mantels.