It is a U-shaped two-story brick building with Colonial and Georgian Revival features.

It was designed by the prominent Virginia architect J. Binford Walford and completed in 1940.

It is prominent as the principal place associated with the work of Lucian Louis Watts, a leading force in the state to improve the social welfare of its blind population.

[3] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.

[1] This article about a property in Richmond, Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.