The new-style architecture adopted during the period when Taiwan was under Japanese rule often presented one's status and identity through a building's form and style. This building had influences from Japan's Meiji Restoration, in a hybrid of Japanese and European architectural elements, such as:
- Dome, Round Arches, and Classical Orders: Influenced not only by the architecture of classical Greece and Rome, but also that of the Renaissance and by Neoclassicism, the dome here was a symbol of the universe in Roman culture, and was an element also frequently used in the Byzantine Empire.
- Arched Windows: Semicircular arched windows with arched rings.
- Rooftop: Copper tiles cover the rooftop in imitation of Byzantine and Classical architecture.
- Orders: The Ionic orders, decorated with volutes, is one of three types of order popular during the ancient Greek period; the shape of the capitals imitates shells or goat horns.
- Windows: The circular arched windows and square windows are distinguishing features of post- Renaissance architecture.
- Arches: Decorated with low reliefs (also known as "bas-reliefs").
Based on the "New Architectural Drawing of Taipei Water Source Site Pumping Room" documentation left from the period, the architect is believed to be Mr. Matsunosuke Moriyama.
