Eddy Block

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Eddy Block
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Location Webster, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°2′56″N71°53′5″W / 42.04889°N 71.88472°W / 42.04889; -71.88472 Coordinates: 42°2′56″N71°53′5″W / 42.04889°N 71.88472°W / 42.04889; -71.88472
Built 1878
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Gothic Revival
NRHP reference # 80000470 [1]
Added to NRHP December 3, 1980

The Eddy Block is a historic commercial building at 119-131 Main St. and 4 Davis Street in Webster, Massachusetts. The three story brick building was built by Lyman R. Eddy in 1878 on the site of a previous block which had been destroyed by fire. The Gothic Revival building has had a variety of tenants, including the post office, a district court, the Masonic Lodge (the latter two in the upper floor meeting space), and the Webster Times. [2]

Webster, Massachusetts Town in Massachusetts, United States

Webster is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 16,767 at the 2010 census.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [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 Eddy Block". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-11.