171 Grove Road is a 2 1/2 story, 3 bay, irregular plan, wood frame, eclectic, residential building. The c. 1920 house features an intersecting gable roof, wood shingle cladding, 6/6 windows, an oriel window in the gable apex, a roughly-hewn stone chimney, and a 2 bay, 2 story addition on the south side.