Smellie Bros. and Co. Store

• a prominent location on the northeast corner of Main and Westburne streets in Russell's business district

Key elements that define the building's exterior character and commercial role include:

• the visual unification of two separate flat-roofed rectangular volumes of varying size through consistent use of brick, fenestration and detailing
• the angled bay in the southwest corner containing a raised main entrance with inset double wood and glass doors, sidelights and glass block transom, etc.
• the large, rectangular, canopied display windows facing Main and Westburne at street level
• the modest classical ornamentation, including a metal modillioned cornice partially encircling the roofline, second-storey stacked bands of horizontal brick intermittently placed, round arch windows with limestone sills, brick voussoirs and wooden frames, etc.
• the stacked wooden freight doors in the southeast corner, one on each level, topped by a metal hoist for moving goods to the upper level, and additional wooden freight doors on the rear elevation

Key elements that define the building's uncomplicated internal composition and layout include:

• the formal plan with unobstructed expanses
• the durable, utilitarian finishes, including hardwood floors, pressed tin ceilings, and decorative carved wooden balustrade on the stairs to the second floor
• details and furnishings recalling the many commercial uses of the building, including a Taylor safe in the northeast corner and utilitarian freight elevator, etc.