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The Superintendent's House is a one-and-a-half cross gable roofed structure of red sandstone quarried from the canal during its construction. The building appears to have a small wooden addition, but the original plans indicate that both portions of the building were constructed at the same time. The house originally had a large verandah located across the south facade but this has been removed. The quoins, window and door surrounds are limestone from Picton, Ontario. The gable ends of the building feature bargeboard trim of a type produced in factories and widely distributed in the 1890s. The design of the Superintendent's House is inspired by the Gothic Revival Style although by 1896, the year of construction, this style's popularity was on the wane. The massing, design and interior arrangement of the Superintendent's House reflects the important social position of the Superintendent in Sault Ste. Marie society.  
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