It featured a Late Victorian style, and provided accommodation for families in the residential area around the Pioneer Square business district.

It was added to the National Register of Historic places on December 18, 1990 as Seattle's only remaining unaltered pre-1900 structure of its type.

[2] The building is a modest rendering of the Late Victorian style, but was more distinguished than some other low and mid range accommodations in the area.

[2] Only the west facade adds flair to the structure, where six square two-story windows and three porches project out from the wall, each topped by a gable roof with fish scale shinglework.

In 1990, Historic Seattle, a preservation and development agency, with the help of federal tax credits, rehabilitated the building to create 14 units of affordable housing.