Chuck Kollars: Residence

I live in downtown Ipswich Massachusetts in the upper story of this house on the corner of Central Street and Hammatt Street (which the postman knows as 44 Central Street). This old house has been subdivided into four parts. Three are apartments, and one is a barber shop. Like many older buildings in Ipswich this follows the pattern of combined commercial/residential use, which is once again popular.

I really like the central location. From where I live I can walk to the post office, the bank, the shrink, the drug store, the doctor, the auto repair place, the library, town hall, the pub, the newsstand, a couple convenience marts, and several restaurants. I only get in my car to drive to the grocery store or the town's combined middle/high school. Downtown Ipswich is quite small. Most of the commercial establishments are around the single deeply shaded block. And the larger lightly shaded rectangle around which I walk most every day to get some exercise encompasses more than half of greater downtown.

If you want to come visit me either take the MBTA commuter line to Newburyport (not the one to Rockport which starts on the same tracks) and get off at Ipswich, or drive a car into Ipswich.

Front Door	Back Door

If I know you're coming or if the barbershop is open, enter the righthand door through the gate at the lower end of the wheelchair ramp. You'll find yourself in a small hallway with access to both parts of the barbershop and a carpeted flight of stairs. Go up those stairs. At the top the righthand door of the two is my apartment.	At other times, because the front door is usually locked and there's no doorbell, walk around to the back of the house. Walk on the sidewalk to the corner, then turn down Hammatt Street a bit. You'll come to an open place between this building and the next building which is white where a few cars can be parked. Turn off the sidewalk into this open space to view the back side of the house. On the left of the back of the house you'll see a very tall set of unpainted stairs. Walk all the way up both flights. The only door at the top is my apartment.

Front Door

Back Door

If I know you're coming or if the barbershop is open, enter the righthand door through the gate at the lower end of the wheelchair ramp. You'll find yourself in a small hallway with access to both parts of the barbershop and a carpeted flight of stairs. Go up those stairs. At the top the righthand door of the two is my apartment.

At other times, because the front door is usually locked and there's no doorbell, walk around to the back of the house. Walk on the sidewalk to the corner, then turn down Hammatt Street a bit. You'll come to an open place between this building and the next building which is white where a few cars can be parked. Turn off the sidewalk into this open space to view the back side of the house. On the left of the back of the house you'll see a very tall set of unpainted stairs. Walk all the way up both flights. The only door at the top is my apartment.

Location: N42 40.86' W070 50.35'
(North America> USA> Massachusetts> Boston> North Shore> Ipswich)
Time: UTC-5 (USA Eastern Time Zone)
(UTC-4 summertime --"daylight savings time")
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