556 Irving Terrace is a 2 1/2 story, 3 bay, rectangular plan, brick and wood frame, Colonial Revival, residential building. Built c. 1920, the side gable roof house has weatherboard cladding on the upper floors, a shed dormer, a Doric column-supported hipped roof portico flanked by paired 8/1 windows, overhanging gable eaves, a set back two story side porch and tri-partite window groupings on the second floor.