170 Turrell Avenue is a 2 1/2 story, 7 bay, rectangular plan, brick, Colonial Revival, residential building. The c. 1920 house is articulated by a side gable roof with pedimented dormers and brick end chimneys. The two end bays, are set back from the five bay, main block of the house. The fenestration consists of 8/8 windows with cast stone lintels and sills, and a wood paneled entrance door with entablature and pilaster surround, and leaded transom and matching sidelights. The house is crowned with a classicizing entablature.