The school is a broad two-story brick structure with Gothic Revival styling.

The central portion has five bays articulated by buttresses, with the center three filled with two-story segmented-arch windows three double-sashes wide and two high.

The main entrances are in the wings immediately adjacent, recessed under segmented arches.

[2] The school was built in 1922, a time when the city was experiencing a significant population boom.

The building was designed by Delbert K. Perry, a prominent local architect, its design following the then-current standards for schools, including generous natural light for classrooms, and it was laid out to take advantage of the "platoon system" of class organization, in which classrooms are dedicated to specific subjects, and students move around between them.