Coe Hall's design was influenced by three elements: The Tudor Revival style, several existing Tudor manor houses in England and the Byrne mansion's foundation. Coe Hall is a Tudor Revival style house faced in Indiana limestone and The 16th century English manor St. Catherine's Court inspired the front entry of Coe Hall. crowned with hand-glazed terra cotta roofing tiles that were striated to mimic cedar shingles. The Tudor period in English politics lasted from 1485 to 1603, but the building styles of this period experienced a resurgence of popularity in America in the early 19th century and again in the early 20th century. Tudor Revival architecture is sometimes referred to as "Jacobethan" because it is a mixture of Elizabethan, Jacobean and medieval styles. The identifying features of Tudor Revival architecture include steeply pitched roofs, front-facing gables that rise in a parapet above the roof behind it, half-timbering, decorative clustered chimneys, grouped multi-paned casement windows and gently peaked arches. The facades of Coe Hall are adapted from several manor houses in England that date back to the Tudor period. The Coes owned a book of English country houses and used those images to inspire their architectural team. Moynes Park, Atholhampton and Saint Catherine's Court were the three Tudor manor houses that influenced Coe Hall's design. Coe Hall was built on a slightly larger footprint of the Byrne mansion in order to preserve the plantings around the house that survived the fire. Walker and Gillette added a servant's wing to the original foundation of the Byrne mansion, giving the new house a unique, bent-axis shape that enhances the illusion that the Coe Hall evolved over centuries rather than months

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