The Eddy Block is located in Webster's central business district at the northeast corner of Main and Davis Streets where it occupies a lot bounded by Main Street (south), Davis Street (west), an attached wood-frame structure (north), and an alley (east). The Block is made up of two separate structures connected by two wood-frame passageways. The larger (main) part of the block occupies the southern two-thirds of the lot, while the smaller of the two sections occupies the rear of the lot. Botn sections of the Biock are three-stories high, built of red brick and trimmed with brown sandstone. The main part of the Eddy Block has an irregular five-sided floorplan (conforming to lot lines) and is enclosed partially by a flat roof (southern half) and partially by a high truncated hip roof (northern half).
The block's south and west elevations are finished as faces, while the north and east elevations are more utilitarian and undecorated in their design. Windows throughout (unless otherwise noted) consist of 2/2 sash set in brick surrounded with a sandstone lintel and a low arched brick head with sandstone springers and keystone. All sandstone trim is rock-faced with a dressed border. The major facade (south) is symmetrical; at its base are three store fronts, the center one of which is flanked by two narrow entries which provide access to the upper floors. Although all store fronts have been rebuilt with modern windows and trim, each is framed by brick piers (covered with modern materials) which rise to a continuous stone cornice. At the building's west end, a one storey brick addition (ca. 1920-1930) contains a fourth store front.
The facade's upper floors are divided by two brick piers into a wide central panel, flanked by two narrower, outer panels. Fenestration consists ot paired sash (1/1) Ilanked by single windows in the central panel and one set of paired sash (2/2) in each of the outer two panels at the second storey. A1l windows have arches made up of alternating brick and stone voussoirs with stone key- stones and springers, while only the paired windows have applied wood decoration be- neath the window arch. Fenestration of the thirdstorey consists of a group of three windows flanked by two single windows in the central panel and two windows in each of the outer two panels; windows of the central panel are set in rectangular stone surrounds.
At the center of the facade's third storey is a decorative gable (partially truncated), the base of which is a blind, pointed arch with a stone block bearing the name "EDDY". Bandings of decorative brick connect the sills of all second storey windows and all third storey windows, while a course of stone connects all second storey window arches; third storey window arches are connected by two courses of painted black brick. At the facade's roofline is a low parapet set on a base of deco- rative brickwork and diapering; the parapet is capped by a metal coping which is deco- rated with pyramidal wooden blocks at the building's corners. The west elevation is asymmetrical, having an added one-storey store front at its south end, and having an angled corner at its mid-point, north of which the west elevation is paralled to Davis Street.
Except for the west elevation's southernmost bay (where decorative trim is identical to that of the facade), all windows are like those decribed in the second paragraph, above. Decorative brick courses extend along the west elevation at the top of the first storey and at the lintel and sill levels of the second and third stories' windows. The west elevation rises from a base of rock-faced granite, laid up in random ashlar; at the roof is a low parapet with a metal coping. Fenestration is asymmetrical.
FHR-8-300A (11/78) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTOR Y -- NOMINATION FORM FOR HCRS USE ONLY RECEIVED NOV 3 DATE ENTERED 1980 980 CONTINUATION SHEET 1 ITEM NUMBER7 PAGE DESCRIPTION - 1 The east elevation is asymmetrical, decorated only with window surrounds like those described in paragraph 2, above. The rear (north) elevation is built of common brick with no decorative trim, except for a two storey iron porch; fenestration is asymmetrical. The north elevation has two wood-frames at the east end of its first storey, one of these connects to the first storey of the block's rear section, while the other connects to the sedond storey of rear section. The rear section of the Eddy Block has an irregular, five-sided floor plan and is enclosed by a flat roof.
The facade of the rear section (west) 15 sym- metrical, having a center entrance flanked by two store fronts at the first storey; the second and third stories are identical, containing each a central window flanked by groups of three windows. All window surrounds are identical to those of the west elevation of the Eddy Block's main section. At the south- west corner of the rear section is a bevelled corner, containing a store front at the first storey and one window at both the second and third stories. rear section's north elevation is attached to a neighboring structure; both the east and south elevations are asymmetrical and utilitarian in design. Alterations to the block include the addition of a one-storey brick store tront (ca.
1920-30) at the block's southest corner, the rebullding of all ori- ginal store fronts (except one in the rear section), the blocking oi several windows on the west elevation and the partial removal of the facade's decorative gable. Despite these changes, the major features of the building's original design remain largely undisturbed.
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