Little's most notable feature was its northern tower. Four stories tall, Little Tower included a large corbelled oriel window in its east facade; immediately above this window was the university coat of arms (adopted at the Sesquecentennial), held up by a pair of rampant tigers.

Recently embraced as Princeton's mascot, tigers were also displayed prominently in the new gateway between the southern end of Blair and the northern end of Little. This gate, marking the far western end of McCosh Walk, was never intended as a grand entrance to the campus, like the steps of Blair Tower, but nonetheless clearly defined the formal separation of campus and town.