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The west projecting gable is three bays wide with a central door opening and flanking window openings. The gable itselfis flanked with one door opening to each side. North of the projecting gable is a large picture window and to the south the wing addition is divided into two bays. The full width porch features an extended hip roof, turned posts, and spindlework friezes hung from the porch ceiling and like spindlework brackets. Speculatively, the original porch deck was taller than the present masonry deck and of wood construction. The cast concrete post pedestals, the positioning of the door openings two steps above the present deck, and the use of the grey sandstone in the third and fourth courses of the south addition -- all of which delineate a common height -- support this speculation. One gabled dormer is situated on either roof slope of the south addition. The wood framed walls are clad in spatter dash finished stucco and each features a slender window opening. Window openings in the south addition include wood sills and stone lintels. The door openings in the west facade feature transom windows, wood thresholds, and glazed wood doors. The hardware and doors were added ca. 1945. 5 Other specific features include a brick chimney that, in consideration of the use of the addition as a kitchen, was added on the east slope of the roof, near the eave wall. The eaves are open with a slight overhang, enclosed rafters, and shingle and fascia molding. While the original structure includes a crawl space, the south addition features a cellar with rock foundation walls. The second and most extensive addition was constructed ca. 1910. The alterations included a large, side gable addition to the north, an intersecting, east facing end gable, the S Likely installed when the building served as the living quarters for troops guarding the Military Springs.