255 Warwick Avenue is a 2 1/2 story, 3 bay, rectangular plan, wood frame, Shingle style, residential building. Constructed c. 1900, the side gambrel roofed house is articulated by an engaged corner tower and a gabled pedimented wall dormer with a shed dormer in-between. The wood shingle clad house is further ornamented with a paired Doric column-supported warp-around porch. Additional Shingle features include paneled brick chimneys, multi-pane upper sash, and Palladian windows at the gambrel apices.