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The Goldthwaite Block is a historic commercial building on 99-103 Main Street in Brockton, Massachusetts. Built in 1892, it forms part of one of the city's best-preserved assemblages of 19th-century commercial architecture, alongside the
Lyman Block The Lyman Block is a historic commercial building at 83-91 Main Street in Brockton, Massachusetts. Built in 1876 for a local business group, it is a fine local example of Italianate style, and one of the elements of a group of four well-preserve ...
and
Howard Block Howard Block may refer to: * Howard Block (Brockton, Massachusetts) * Howard Block (Port Huron, Michigan) {{dab ...
. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.


Description and history

The Goldthwaite Block is located in downtown Brockton, across Main Street from City Hall, and immediately adjacent to the
Howard Block Howard Block may refer to: * Howard Block (Brockton, Massachusetts) * Howard Block (Port Huron, Michigan) {{dab ...
and Curtis Building, both of which it shares party walls with. It is a four-story masonry structure, built out of brick and stone. It is three bays wide, with projecting window bays on the upper floors of the two side bays, and decorative terra cotta between and above the windows of the center section. The projecting bays are clad in copper, and some of the terra cotta panels are carved with the building's name and construction date. The ground floor commercial storefronts, originally two, have been modernized and converted into a single storefront. The upper floors, also originally part of the retail space, have been converted into elderly housing. The block was built in 1892 for Charles Goldthwaite, a local apothecary. The business had been established by Goldthwaite's uncle in 1861 as a dry goods business, which the uncle expanded after Charles completed pharmacy training in 1884. That business became Brockton's first
drug store A pharmacy (also called "drugstore" in American English or "community pharmacy" or "chemist" in Commonwealth English, or rarely, apothecary) is a retail shop which provides pharmaceutical drugs, among other products. At the pharmacy, a pharmacis ...
. The business's success enabled Goldthwaite to build what was considered at the time a relatively opulent building to house it. It continued in business until Goldthwaite's death in the 1930s.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Plymouth Coun ...


References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Commercial blocks on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Buildings and structures in Brockton, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places in Plymouth County, Massachusetts