Heaton's large number of Washington buildings, ranging from residences to firehouses, were most often a mixture of Colonial Revival and Arts and Crafts styles. His design for the brick Colonial Revival house for Kate W. Babcock was estimated to cost $24,500 by its builder James L. Parsons. Unusual was the organization of the facade's windows, five bays wide with the center three clustered together to form a triple entry, a motif very probably inspired by John R. Pope's nearby McCormick house (see NW48).