It was built in 1892, and is a good early example of a town-wide partially graded school with restrained Queen Anne features.

It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame building, with a front-facing gable roof and exterior finished mainly in wooden clapboards.

The front facade is symmetrical, with a pair of entrances sheltered by a hip-roofed single-story porch supported by chamfered square posts.

The eastern side of the building has bands of sash windows toward the rear, providing significant natural light to the classroom spaces.

The interior is virtually intact, with front vestibules leading to large classroom spaces which occupy most of each floor.