396 Centre Street is a 2 1/2 story, 3 bay, rectangular plan, brick, eclectic/Italian Renaissance-influenced, brick residential building in an estate setting. Constructed c. 1910, the central, clipped-gable block, is flanked by one story, segmentally arched, recessed open porches. Other architectural features include hipped roof dormers, paired bracket supported overhanging eaves, segmentally arched window groupings with multiple pane upper sash, a cast stone sill course at the second floor level, and half-timbered side gables. In 1928, the home was owned by Paul P. Auerbacher, who was in the hardware business.