It is at the right end of a series of Victorian brick row houses which line the street.

It is 2+1⁄2 stories in height with a raised basement, and a mansard roof providing a full third floor in the attic level.

Second-floor windows are set in segmented-arch openings crowned by a decorative hoods with drip moulding.

The right wall of the building has a projecting oriel window with styling similar to the front bay.

Raised and educated in Massachusetts, Richards embarked on a teaching career at the age of seventeen, and organized teachers at virtually every major posting he held.