It was built in the Early Commercial brick style, which departed from highly ornamented, vertically-oriented Victorian styles, instead emphasizing horizontal orientation by using strong horizontal courses and shorter, wider windows.

It contrasts with the later Terry Hutchens Building, across Clinton Avenue, which is representative of later, again vertically-oriented Gothic Revival styles.

The two-story structure was built with retail space on the ground floor and offices and (in the case of the south bay), apartments on the second.

Upstairs windows are paired one-over-one sashes, with lintels made of brick with terra cotta blocks.

The ground floor of the south unit has been modified with tall windows between heavy wooden pilasters.