 Prominent features include a three-story tower with a shallow-pitch pyramidal roof, a cornice with heave Italianate brackets, and windows arranged in groups, either with rounded arch tops or segmented arch tops.At the center of the main facade, on the second floor above the main entrance, is a recessed arcade with brownstone columns and balustrade.The house was built in 1859-60, to a design by Leopold Eidlitz, a protegé of Richard Upjohn, who was then promoting Italianate design ideas.