147 Ralston Avenue is a 2 1/2 story, 3 bay, rectangular plan, Shingle style, wood frame, residential building. Built c. 1885, the wood shingle-clad house is dominated by a hipped roof with centered cross gable. Additional architectural ornamentation is provided by a cantilevered semi-hexagonal second floor bay, an arcuated full front porch, multiple window groupings, patterned shingle belt courses, patterned upper sash, overhanging bracketed eaves and side elevation oriel windows. This house was owned by Almira W. Freeman in 1890, and H.W. Freeman in 1904 (see Photo 35).