22 Centre Street, Caleb Spooner House, 1806

22 Centre Street, Caleb Spooner House, 1806

The Caleb Spooner House, located at 22 Centre Street, is representative of the Federal style. Built in 1806 on North Street, the Spooner House was moved into the Historic District and restored by the Waterfront Historic Area LeaguE in 1974 in an effort to save the house from demolition during the urban renewal program of the 1970s. Caleb Spooner was a stonemason and bricklayer who built this house for his bride, Lydia and subsequently raised six children here. The simple one-and-a-half-story design is essentially that of a three-quarter Cape Cod Style house. The pineapple motif in the fanlight above the front door is a sign of hospitality. Today the Spooner House is residential and not open to the public.