57 Ralston Avenue is a 2 1/2 story, 2 bay, irregular plan, shingle style, wood frame, residential building. Built c. 1900, the wood shingle-clad house features a gambrel roof, round corner tower with conical cap, cornice-line modillions and a Doric column-supported wrap-around porch. In 1904, the house was owned by E. J. Smith.