It was T-shaped, with the long side facing Prospect Avenue and the short side on the west end. In case the club needed to expand, Gildersleeve noted, it could construct a second wing to the east. This placement also offered fine views to the south from the large veranda that runs all the way across the rear of the building.

In an article published in the Princeton Alumni Weekly in 1908, Gildersleeve discussed his plan for the club:

"The facades, in style and use of materials, are somewhat different from anything in Princeton. The general effect is of the minor Normandy chateaux. In the main the lines have been kept as simple as possible, but at the entrance doorway and over the windows of the dining room bay the stonework has been enriched with carving in the Gothic fashion, somewhat florid and fanciful. The walls are of brick, very dark and glazed for the most part, but with as much variety in color as could conveniently be obtained. The texture of the bricks is rough and their shape quite irregular".

Gildersleeve added that "an effect of irregularity, simplicity, and individuality was thus obtained which could not be achieved in any other way." Gildersleeve also supervised the planting of a row of Lombardy poplars on either side of the building.