As an ornate example of an Italianate structure, Maj Gen John Sedgwick House is unusual for the extreme degree of elaboration in the detailing. The boldness and coordination of the features are striking. The breadth of the roof overhang and the vigor of the sawn profile of the brackets are appropriate to one another. The extensive use of the bead-and-reel moldings in locations where moldings normally are not found, under the window caps and roof overhang and at the edge of the eaves, indicates a desire on the part of the architect to go to great lengths with his design program. - NRHP 20 February 1992