523 Grove Terrace is a 2 1/2 story, 3 bay, rectangular plan, brick and wood frame, Colonial Revival, residential building. The c. 1920 side gable-roofed house has a classicizing entablature with cornice returns, weatherboard cladding on the upper stories, 6/1 windows, a Doric column-supported portico flanked by paired 6/1 windows, and a set back, one story porch.