179 Charlton Avenue is a 2 1/2 story, 5 bay, rectangular plan, brick, Colonial Revival, residential building. Constructed c. 1920, the slate-clad, side-gable-roofed house is articulated by a semi-circular, Doric column-supported portico with balustrade, a classicizing entablature, tri-partite window groupings with multi-pane upper sash, and cast stone keystones and lintels.