The two story brick building was designed Gustavus L. Smith, and built in 1897 during a period of burgeoning growth in the city.

It is a two-story brick building, roughly T-shaped, with a hip roof and a square tower at one of its inner corners.

It is architecturally eclectic, having a somewhat typical Colonial Revival massing, with Italianate rounded windows on the upper level.

The tower has Renaissance Revival details at its belfry level, with round-arch colonnades supported by round columns, and a modillioned cornice below a bellcast pyramidal roof.

The main entrance, set in the base of the tower, is recessed within a round-arch opening, with a half-round fanlight above.