In 1995, the Belknap neighborhood association took a geometric motif from the school building for its logo.

This entrance is encased in a stone surround with an arched tympanum lined with exaggerated dentils.

Within the tympanum is a central lamp with the words "LUX ET VERITAS, light and truth," above an open book with a fig branch.

The stone band which divides the basement-story from the first floor is interrupted by an elongated arch with a medallion containing an old city of Louisville emblem.

[4] On every outside corner of the building at the parapet level is a band of exaggerated dentils with projecting ends.

The rest of the fenestration on the side walls of the building is the same as that found on the front.

[4] The polygonal smokestack contains some of the same decorative elements found on the school building.

[4] The Belknap School is an example in Louisville of the eclectic styles of the early twentieth century.

The craftsmanship displayed in the terra cotta ornamentation on the building's exterior make it one of the city's finest examples of Sullivanesque detailing.

The plan is typical of the new Elizabethan style schools of the period, but the decorative elements are both classical and Sullivanesque.

The remaining elements are stylized foliate patterns, typical of Sullivanesque detailing.

[4] The projecting end wings of the building also contain geometric and foliate stylized panels, described in a 1916 article from The Courier-Journal as tapestries.

Henry is known particularly for his use of classical and mythical symbolism, as well as his ingenuous eclectic designs.