The building possesses the distinctive characteristics of the False Front Commercial type.  Its facade rises to form a parapet wall with a decorated cornice extending above the gabled roof and side walls.  Three sides of the building are sheathed in sheet metal siding stamped to resemble rock-faced stone masonry.  Manufacturers and retailers promoted this economical means of ornamentation as a durable and fire-resistant material.  The building is the town’s best preserved example of embossed sheet metal siding and is one of the town’s oldest and longest operating general merchandise establishments.