Park Building - Worcester MA - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

It was built in 1914 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.


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Corner of Main and Franklin, in the same block as Hotel Bancroft, is Worcester's newest office building. Cost nearly $1,000,000, is 11 stories high, containing 200 offices, all having outside and unobstructed light. Interior finish all in mahogany. The building was erected upon a historical site, in the geographical center of the city

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One of Worcester’s largest office buildings, the Park Building is constructed of a steel frame structure faced in dressed limestone.
Details are in a Classic Revival style.
Carvings with floral and animal motifs are found at the third floor and between the seventh and eighth floors.

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One of Worcester's turn of the century high rise buildings built on a steel rigid frame, with limestone facade. Architectural style is Neo-classism and designed by Cross and Cross and DH Burnham and Company.

Cross and Cross was known as Old New York City Society's architectural firm of choice. [2] John Cross studied architecture at Columbia University and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and served as the creative half of the partnership, while Eliot Cross focused on the development side of the business, particularly through his role as Chairman of the Board of the real estate development firm of Webb and Knapp, which he organized in 1922. [3] The two firms shared office space in The Knapp Building on Madison Avenue

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Daniel Hudson Burnham, FAIA (September 4, 1846 – June 1, 1912) was an American architect and urban planner. He was the Director of Works for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and designed several famous buildings, including the Flatiron Building in New York City and Union Station in Washington D.C.

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Street address: 507 Main St., Worcester, MA County / Borough / Parish: Worcester Year listed: 1980 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event Periods of significance: 1900-1924 Historic function: Commerce/Trade Current function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 1: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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