217 Turrell Avenue is a 2 1/2 story, 3 bay, rectangular plan, Shingle style, wood frame, residential building. Constructed c. 1900, the wood shingle-clad house has a crossed gable roof, curved wall surfaces, full arched windows in the gable apex and a paired, Ionic column-supported wrap around porch. Additional Shingle details include overhanging eaves, diamond paned upper sash, and a classicizing entablature. The house was originally built for T. Spencer Miller.