281 Montrose Avenue is a 2 1/2 story, 3 bay, rectangular plan, wood frame, Colonial Revival, residential building. The c. 1925, side gable-roofed house has a classicizing entablature, weatherboard cladding, 6/1 windows, and a Doric column-supported pedimented portico, flanked by semi-hexagonal bay windows. A one story, set back side porch is attached to one side.