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The building was designed by two architects, Charles Amos Cummings and Willard T. Sears, who later became famous as the creators of public buildings recognised throughout the state of Massachusetts. The building was erected in a style reminiscent of neo-Gothic buildings, although indeed a variation virtually unheard of in Europe. In America, this style is referred to as stick style because of the wooden slats, which were intended to be reminiscent of the half-timbered buildings of the Middle Ages, and the characteristic diagonal beams, or braces, which were part of the styling. The numerous details - especially in the ornamentation of the verandas, the soffits and the obligatory corner turret - make the construction evoke associations with the sacred architecture of Scandinavia as well as the palaces of the Victorian era.

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