diff --git a/parquet/src/arrow/schema/mod.rs b/parquet/src/arrow/schema/mod.rs
index ec34840d858f..a1ea23728bc6 100644
--- a/parquet/src/arrow/schema/mod.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/arrow/schema/mod.rs
@@ -225,6 +225,67 @@ pub(crate) fn add_encoded_arrow_schema_to_metadata(schema: &Schema, props: &mut
     }
 }
 
+/// Converter for arrow schema to parquet schema
+///
+/// Notes:
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct ArrowToParquetSchemaConverter<'a> {
+    /// The schema to convert
+    schema: &'a Schema
+    /// Name of the root schema in Parquet
+    root_schema_name: &str,
+    /// Should we Coerce arrow types to compatible Parquet types?
+    ///
+    /// See docs on [Self::with_coerce_types]`
+    coerce_types: bool
+}
+
+impl <'a> ArrowToParquetSchemaConverter<'a> {
+    /// Create a new converter
+    pub fn new(schema: &'a Schema) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            schema,
+            root_schema_name: "arrow_schema",
+            coerce_types: false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Should arrow types be coerced into parquet native types (default false).
+    ///
+    /// Setting this option to `true` will result in parquet files that can be
+    /// read by more readers, but may lose precision for arrow types such as
+    /// [`DataType::Date64`] which have no direct corresponding Parquet type.
+    ///
+    /// # Discussion
+    ///
+    /// Some Arrow types such as `Date64`, `Timestamp` and `Interval` have no
+    /// corresponding Parquet logical type. Thus, they can not be losslessly
+    /// round-tripped when stored using the appropriate Parquet logical type.
+    ///
+    /// For example, some Date64 values may be truncated when stored with
+    /// parquet's native 32 bit date type.
+    ///
+    /// By default, the arrow writer does not coerce to native parquet types. It
+    /// writes data in such a way that it can be lossless round tripped.
+    /// However, this means downstream readers must be aware of and correctly
+    /// interpret the embedded Arrow schema.
+    pub fn with_coerce_types(mut self, coerce_types: bool) -> Self {
+        self.coerce_types = coerce_types;
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Set the root schema element name (defaults to `"arrow_schema"`).
+    pub fn with_root_schema_name<'b>(mut self, root_schema_name: &'b str) -> Self<'b> {
+        self.root_schema_name = root_schema_name;
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Build the parquet schema according
+    pub fn convert(self) -> Result<SchemaDescriptor> {
+
+    }
+}
+
 /// Convert arrow schema to parquet schema
 ///
 /// The name of the root schema element defaults to `"arrow_schema"`, this can be
diff --git a/parquet/src/file/properties.rs b/parquet/src/file/properties.rs
index 1e8a4868dfc3..b6dbb2ff552b 100644
--- a/parquet/src/file/properties.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/file/properties.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 //! Configuration via [`WriterProperties`] and [`ReaderProperties`]
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Arc};
-
+use arrow_schema::DataType;
 use crate::basic::{Compression, Encoding};
 use crate::compression::{CodecOptions, CodecOptionsBuilder};
 use crate::file::metadata::KeyValue;
@@ -287,15 +287,13 @@ impl WriterProperties {
         self.statistics_truncate_length
     }
 
-    /// Returns `coerce_types` boolean
+    /// Should the writer coerce types to  parquet native types.
+    ///
+    /// Setting this option to `true` will result in parquet files that can be
+    /// read by more readers, but may lose precision for arrow types such as
+    /// [`DataType::Date64`] which have no direct corresponding Parquet type.
     ///
-    /// Some Arrow types do not have a corresponding Parquet logical type.
-    /// Affected Arrow data types include `Date64`, `Timestamp` and `Interval`.
-    /// Writers have the option to coerce these into native Parquet types. Type
-    /// coercion allows for meaningful representations that do not require
-    /// downstream readers to consider the embedded Arrow schema. However, type
-    /// coercion also prevents the data from being losslessly round-tripped. This method
-    /// returns `true` if type coercion enabled.
+    /// See [`ArrowToParquetSchemaConverter::with_coerce_types`] for more details
     pub fn coerce_types(&self) -> bool {
         self.coerce_types
     }