5 Elm Court is a 2 1/2 story, 4 bay, rectangular plan, brick and wood frame, Dutch Colonial Revival, residential building. The c. 1920 side gambrel-roofed house is articulated by a wrought iron pier-supported portico, a hip-roofed dormer, pent roof at the first floor, sidelit entrance surround, a brick first floor and weatherboard cladding on the second floor.