Ed McAloon Art Studio

This late Victorian storefront in Warren started as a dry-goods store before becoming a revolving door of artists. David Macaulay, the Caldecott-winning illustrator behind Cathedral, Castle, and Pyramid, used it as his workshop for years, drawing intricate cross-sections of Gothic architecture and Roman engineering at the same drafting table. When Macaulay moved on, mixed-media artist Ed McAloon moved in, joined by Darby Pontes, a tireless advocate for Warren’s small but scrappy arts community. The building’s brown exterior earned it the local nickname “the chocolate shop,” a term of endearment that stuck despite having nothing to do with candy. Inside, McAloon works in layers: paint, collage, found objects, whatever the piece demands. Pontes curates, organizes, and connects artists across town. One Victorian storefront. Two occupants. Three decades of Warren’s creative output passing through the same front door.