Location:  

60 - 68 North 9th Street

History of the Building:

Although it is difficult to detect in recent photographs, the addresses housed at 60-68 North 9th Street comprise a single building.  This two-story commercial building was owned by William D. Carlin and Daniel Craycraft.  Theirs was not an actual partnership, however, with their ownership being respective to the two lots on which the building stands.  The nature of the arrangement in its building is not revealed, but it seems to have been a common occurrence in commercial real estate around the square.   

Carlin was the owner and operator of a hardware store in the north half of the building (#68) .  Memoirs and newspaper advertisements refer to the business of W. D. Carlin on the east side of the square.  Evidently Carlin sold wooden water pumps, as a newspaper story of 1889 cites the Clark & Co. (another business in the downtown) as purchasing that portion of his business. 

Daniel Craycraft was an industrious entrepreneur of the Noblesville downtown, partner in the dry goods firm of Craycraft & Osbon and owner of several properties.  Craycraft himself seems never to have operated a business at this location.  Among the several concerns that have operated here was the grocery and bakery of Leonard Wild, whose name also looms prominently over the historic business life Noblesville.   

The building sports the features of the Italianate Style, having been so popular for both homes and commercial structures of the day.  The circular arch windows constitute the key expression of that style.  In this case, they are accented by prominent brick trim and forceful keystones, making it a fine historic contribution to the Noblesville Square.