Caldwell Block

Caldwell Block
Location Ipswich, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°40′46″N 70°50′17″W / 42.67944°N 70.83806°W / 42.67944; -70.83806Coordinates: 42°40′46″N 70°50′17″W / 42.67944°N 70.83806°W / 42.67944; -70.83806
Built 1870
Architectural style Italianate
MPS Central Village, Ipswich, Massachusetts MRA
NRHP Reference #

83003434

[1]
Added to NRHP July 7, 1983

The Caldwell Block is a historic block on S. Main Street in Ipswich, Massachusetts. It is the oldest surviving building in Ipswich that was designed as a commercial and retail space, and is still used for that purpose. It is located prominently in the center of Ipswich, at the junction of North and South Main Streets, and Central and Market Streets. It was built in 1870 by Luther Caldwell, on the site of an old woolen mill that was destroyed by fire a few years earlier, and features Italianate styling. The building has always housed retail stores on the ground floor and office space above. It is notable as the location of the offices of writer John Updike between 1961 and 1974, when he wrote many of his works there.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for Caldwell Block". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-01.


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