Latticed balconies and arched windows are evidence that it was designed by the Dutch. Lee points out that all the red bricks and timber used in the building were imported from Fukien province on the China mainland.
據主人說，這幢樓房是由荷蘭的建築師設計的；全部的紅磚都是在福建的名窯燒造，木材也是由福建運來，所以雖然歷經百年，屋瓦隙縫中也長了茅草、小榕樹，但敗壞的地方並不多。