394 Charlton Avenue is a 2 1/2 story, 3 bay, rectangular plan, Tudor-inspired, half-timber and stucco-clad, residential building. Built c. 1900, the structure features a slate-clad hipped roof with front-facing cross gables, multiple dormers, window groupings with leaded sash, and half-timbering throughout. Other decorative details include bargeboards at the gables, and bracket-supported oriel windows. In 1904, the house was owned by Margaret Tolley. In the 1920s, it was owned by Ralph W. Appleby, a Newark banker.