Built in 1857, The "Caldwell House" was named after Alton Mayor Charles Caldwell and his family in the 1870s. Today Caldwell House is among Alton's most beautiful historic homes, with distinctive rounded portico, double parlor with 12' ceilings, large kitchen with professional-grade Viking appliances, second staircase, spacious off-kitchen dining room, five bedrooms, marble fireplaces, decorative crown molding, custom maple and cherry hardwood floors, an antique Italian chandelier, stained glass features, and three-story staircase with continuous walnut handrail. The park-like backyard includes mature sycamore, oak, and dogwood trees and a playhouse. The home is ideally located on Henry Street in Historic Midtown one block from Haskell Park. Owners have made major improvements include a new kitchen, a new concrete driveway extension to curb, updated electrical, new paint throughout, updated plumbing, insulated attic vents and basement plumbing and significant landscaping.