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Shaker Ministry's Shop, Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA

Shaker Ministry's Shop, Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA

Significance: This is one of the later buildings at Harvard. Survey number: HABS MA-807 Building/structure dates: 1847 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1936 Subsequent Work

Simonds Manufacturing Company, Building Nos. 2 & 3, 23-55 North Street, Fitchburg, Worcester County, MA

Simonds Manufacturing Company, Building Nos. 2 & 3, 23-55 North Street...

Significance: The building is significant as part of the plant of Simond Manufacturing Company, a maker of circular saws, band saws, and machine knives. From the late 19th century to the present, the company h... More

Simonds Manufacturing Company, Building Nos. 2 & 3, 23-55 North Street, Fitchburg, Worcester County, MA

Simonds Manufacturing Company, Building Nos. 2 & 3, 23-55 North Street...

Significance: The building is significant as part of the plant of Simond Manufacturing Company, a maker of circular saws, band saws, and machine knives. From the late 19th century to the present, the company h... More

Witness F. A. Smith. Photo at 9 P.M. Home of Patrick McGurl (mechanic), 136 Exchange Street, Worcester, Massachusetts. Working on hose supporters. All work, 6-year-old, 8-year-old, 11-year-old, 12-year-old, and mother. Altogether earn about $3 a week. Work noons, after school and every night. A 9-year-old boy (not in photo) carries work back and forth. Heavy loads. (See report of F.A. Smith).  Location: Worcester, Massachusettsachusetts.

Witness F. A. Smith. Photo at 9 P.M. Home of Patrick McGurl (mechanic)...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, economic conditions, children workers, exploitation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Nassawango Iron Furnace, Furnace Road, 1.2 miles west of Maryland Route 12, Snow Hill, Worcester County, MD

Nassawango Iron Furnace, Furnace Road, 1.2 miles west of Maryland Rout...

Significance: The Nassawango Iron Furnace is a significant industrial landmark because it survives as a rare representative of the transition from cold to hot blast in American ironmaking. While only remnants ... More

Nassawango Iron Furnace, Furnace Road, 1.2 miles west of Maryland Route 12, Snow Hill, Worcester County, MD

Nassawango Iron Furnace, Furnace Road, 1.2 miles west of Maryland Rout...

Significance: The Nassawango Iron Furnace is a significant industrial landmark because it survives as a rare representative of the transition from cold to hot blast in American ironmaking. While only remnants ... More

Nassawango Iron Furnace, Furnace Road, 1.2 miles west of Maryland Route 12, Snow Hill, Worcester County, MD

Nassawango Iron Furnace, Furnace Road, 1.2 miles west of Maryland Rout...

Significance: The Nassawango Iron Furnace is a significant industrial landmark because it survives as a rare representative of the transition from cold to hot blast in American ironmaking. While only remnants ... More

Nassawango Iron Furnace, Furnace Road, 1.2 miles west of Maryland Route 12, Snow Hill, Worcester County, MD

Nassawango Iron Furnace, Furnace Road, 1.2 miles west of Maryland Rout...

Significance: The Nassawango Iron Furnace is a significant industrial landmark because it survives as a rare representative of the transition from cold to hot blast in American ironmaking. While only remnants ... More

Nassawango Iron Furnace, Furnace Road, 1.2 miles west of Maryland Route 12, Snow Hill, Worcester County, MD

Nassawango Iron Furnace, Furnace Road, 1.2 miles west of Maryland Rout...

Significance: The Nassawango Iron Furnace is a significant industrial landmark because it survives as a rare representative of the transition from cold to hot blast in American ironmaking. While only remnants ... More

Crown & Eagle Mills, 123 Hartford Avenue East, North Uxbridge, Worcester County, MA

Crown & Eagle Mills, 123 Hartford Avenue East, North Uxbridge, Worcest...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lieutenant Simeon Wheelock House, North Main Street, Uxbridge, Worcester County, MA

Lieutenant Simeon Wheelock House, North Main Street, Uxbridge, Worcest...

Significance: Lieutenant Simeon Wheelock's house stands as an example of vernacular architecture; it is also one of Uxbridge's most well preserved eighteenth-century structures. Survey number: HABS MA-412

Blackstone Canal Lock No. 24, East of MA 122, Millville, Worcester County, MA

Blackstone Canal Lock No. 24, East of MA 122, Millville, Worcester Cou...

Survey number: HAER MA-78 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

McNamara House & Store, 455-457 Millbury Street, Worcester, Worcester County, MA

McNamara House & Store, 455-457 Millbury Street, Worcester, Worcester ...

Significance: The McNamara House and Store is an early and largely intact example of the multistory commercial/residential building type in Worcester. It is notable for its Stick Style architecture. Developed... More

McNamara House & Store, 455-457 Millbury Street, Worcester, Worcester County, MA

McNamara House & Store, 455-457 Millbury Street, Worcester, Worcester ...

Significance: The McNamara House and Store is an early and largely intact example of the multistory commercial/residential building type in Worcester. It is notable for its Stick Style architecture. Developed... More

Shaker Church Family Trustees' Office (second), Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA

Shaker Church Family Trustees' Office (second), Shaker Road, Harvard, ...

Significance: This is the largest and most impressive of the Harvard Shaker Dwellings (see also the almost identical dwelling in the South Family). Its construction occurred at the peak of the Shaker Community... More

General Salem Towne House, Old County Road (moved to Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA), Charlton, Worcester County, MA

General Salem Towne House, Old County Road (moved to Sturbridge Villag...

Survey number: HABS MA-2-38 Building/structure dates: 1796 Initial Construction

Blackstone Canal Worcester-Millbury Segment, Eastern bank of Blackstone River, Millbury, Worcester County, MA

Blackstone Canal Worcester-Millbury Segment, Eastern bank of Blackston...

Significance: The Blackstone Canal, completed in 1828, was a major engineering accomplishment of the second quarter of the nineteenth century. Its construction was a pivotal event in the social and economic de... More

Shaker Meetinghouse, Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA

Shaker Meetinghouse, Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA

Significance: This building is a good example of an early Shaker Meetinghouse. Survey number: HABS MA-806 Building/structure dates: 1791 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1936 Subsequent Work B... More

Shaker North Family Dwelling House, Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA

Shaker North Family Dwelling House, Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester Co...

Survey number: HABS MA-1090 Public domain photograph of architectural diagram, building plan, section, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shaker South Family Barn, South Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA

Shaker South Family Barn, South Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County...

Significance: This is a fine example of Shaker stone work. Survey number: HABS MA-808 Building/structure dates: 1835 Initial Construction

Shaker South Family Barn, South Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA

Shaker South Family Barn, South Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County...

Significance: This is a fine example of Shaker stone work. Survey number: HABS MA-808 Building/structure dates: 1835 Initial Construction

Shaker South Family Barn, South Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA

Shaker South Family Barn, South Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County...

Significance: This is a fine example of Shaker stone work. Survey number: HABS MA-808 Building/structure dates: 1835 Initial Construction

Shaker South Family Barn, South Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA

Shaker South Family Barn, South Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County...

Significance: This is a fine example of Shaker stone work. Survey number: HABS MA-808 Building/structure dates: 1835 Initial Construction

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webster, Worcester County, MA

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webs...

Significance: The North Village Bridge is one of only five known surviving Parker patent trusses in the United States, and the second oldest of the three located in Massachusetts. The bridge was built by the N... More

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webster, Worcester County, MA

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webs...

Significance: The North Village Bridge is one of only five known surviving Parker patent trusses in the United States, and the second oldest of the three located in Massachusetts. The bridge was built by the N... More

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webster, Worcester County, MA

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webs...

Significance: The North Village Bridge is one of only five known surviving Parker patent trusses in the United States, and the second oldest of the three located in Massachusetts. The bridge was built by the N... More

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webster, Worcester County, MA

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webs...

Significance: The North Village Bridge is one of only five known surviving Parker patent trusses in the United States, and the second oldest of the three located in Massachusetts. The bridge was built by the N... More

General Rufus Putnam House, Main Street, Rutland, Worcester County, MA

General Rufus Putnam House, Main Street, Rutland, Worcester County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-2-71 Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001330

Shaker Church Family Square House, Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA

Shaker Church Family Square House, Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester Cou...

Significance: This building was originally the dwelling of Shadrach Ireland and his "New Light" followers. It then became the early headquarters for the Shaker movement in Harvard, Massachusetts. It was used ... More

Simonds Manufacturing Company, Building No. 1, 23-55 North Street, Fitchburg, Worcester County, MA

Simonds Manufacturing Company, Building No. 1, 23-55 North Street, Fit...

Significance: The building is significant as part of the plant of Simonds Manufacturing Company, a maker of saws and machine knives. From the late 19th century to the present, the company has been one of Fitch... More

Simonds Manufacturing Company, Building No. 1, 23-55 North Street, Fitchburg, Worcester County, MA

Simonds Manufacturing Company, Building No. 1, 23-55 North Street, Fit...

Significance: The building is significant as part of the plant of Simonds Manufacturing Company, a maker of saws and machine knives. From the late 19th century to the present, the company has been one of Fitch... More

Lovett Bridge, Spanning Mumford River, Douglas, Worcester County, MA

Lovett Bridge, Spanning Mumford River, Douglas, Worcester County, MA

Significance: Lovett Bridge is significant as a largely intact example of a method of construction that was common for small bridges in the period 1870-1920: a vaulted concrete deck supported on metal beams. I... More

Worcester Consolidated Street Railway, Administration Building, 99-109 Main Street, Worcester, Worcester County, MA

Worcester Consolidated Street Railway, Administration Building, 99-109...

Significance: Originally designed as a car barn, this structure contributed to the growth and development of Worchester. The buildings intricate corbeling and arcading, in addition to the distinctiveness in si... More

Shaker Church Family Dwelling House (second), Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA

Shaker Church Family Dwelling House (second), Shaker Road, Harvard, Wo...

Significance: This is a good example of an early Shaker dwelling house. Survey number: HABS MA-810 Building/structure dates: 1795 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1860 Subsequent Work

Norwich Line, between New York, Boston and Worcester, via New York and New England Railroad

Norwich Line, between New York, Boston and Worcester, via New York and...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Parsons, C. R.

Old Saw Mill, Oakham, Worcester County, MA

Old Saw Mill, Oakham, Worcester County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-287 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bob's Yankee Diner, Route 20, Charlton, Worcester County, MA

Bob's Yankee Diner, Route 20, Charlton, Worcester County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-1242 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fifth Street Bridge, Spanning MBTA Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line tracks, Conrail Fitchburg Secondary Line & North Nashua River, Fitchburg, Worcester County, MA

Fifth Street Bridge, Spanning MBTA Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line tracks...

Significance: The Fifth Street Bridge is the only reinforced concrete through-arch highway bridge presently known in Massachusetts and one of only eight Massachusetts highway bridges to include open-spandrel co... More

Genesar, State Route 611, Berlin, Worcester County, MD

Genesar, State Route 611, Berlin, Worcester County, MD

Significance: Genesar was noted, at one time, to have perhaps the finest example of glazed brickwork in the state of Maryland. Until it was vandalized in 1941, it also contained some of the finest transitional... More

Genesar, State Route 611, Berlin, Worcester County, MD

Genesar, State Route 611, Berlin, Worcester County, MD

Significance: Genesar was noted, at one time, to have perhaps the finest example of glazed brickwork in the state of Maryland. Until it was vandalized in 1941, it also contained some of the finest transitional... More

Genesar, State Route 611, Berlin, Worcester County, MD

Genesar, State Route 611, Berlin, Worcester County, MD

Significance: Genesar was noted, at one time, to have perhaps the finest example of glazed brickwork in the state of Maryland. Until it was vandalized in 1941, it also contained some of the finest transitional... More

Genesar, State Route 611, Berlin, Worcester County, MD

Genesar, State Route 611, Berlin, Worcester County, MD

Significance: Genesar was noted, at one time, to have perhaps the finest example of glazed brickwork in the state of Maryland. Until it was vandalized in 1941, it also contained some of the finest transitional... More

Chestnut Hill Meetinghouse, Chestnut Street, Millville, Worcester County, MA

Chestnut Hill Meetinghouse, Chestnut Street, Millville, Worcester Coun...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10 Survey number: HABS MA-122 Building/structure dates: 1769 Initial Construction

Chestnut Hill Meetinghouse, Chestnut Street, Millville, Worcester County, MA

Chestnut Hill Meetinghouse, Chestnut Street, Millville, Worcester Coun...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10 Survey number: HABS MA-122 Building/structure dates: 1769 Initial Construction

Chestnut Hill Meetinghouse, Chestnut Street, Millville, Worcester County, MA

Chestnut Hill Meetinghouse, Chestnut Street, Millville, Worcester Coun...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10 Survey number: HABS MA-122 Building/structure dates: 1769 Initial Construction

Chestnut Hill Meetinghouse, Chestnut Street, Millville, Worcester County, MA

Chestnut Hill Meetinghouse, Chestnut Street, Millville, Worcester Coun...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10 Survey number: HABS MA-122 Building/structure dates: 1769 Initial Construction

U.S. Post Office & Courthouse, 595 Main Street, Worcester, Worcester County, MA

U.S. Post Office & Courthouse, 595 Main Street, Worcester, Worcester C...

Significance: The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse was constructed in 1930-32 and marked the first presence of the U.S. District Court in Worcester. Designed in 1928-30 by the Supervising Architect of the Treas... More

U.S. Post Office & Courthouse, 595 Main Street, Worcester, Worcester County, MA

U.S. Post Office & Courthouse, 595 Main Street, Worcester, Worcester C...

Significance: The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse was constructed in 1930-32 and marked the first presence of the U.S. District Court in Worcester. Designed in 1928-30 by the Supervising Architect of the Treas... More

U.S. Post Office & Courthouse, 595 Main Street, Worcester, Worcester County, MA

U.S. Post Office & Courthouse, 595 Main Street, Worcester, Worcester C...

Significance: The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse was constructed in 1930-32 and marked the first presence of the U.S. District Court in Worcester. Designed in 1928-30 by the Supervising Architect of the Treas... More

U.S. Post Office & Courthouse, 595 Main Street, Worcester, Worcester County, MA

U.S. Post Office & Courthouse, 595 Main Street, Worcester, Worcester C...

Significance: The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse was constructed in 1930-32 and marked the first presence of the U.S. District Court in Worcester. Designed in 1928-30 by the Supervising Architect of the Treas... More

Providence & Worcester Railroad, Freight House, Canal Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Providence & Worcester Railroad, Freight House, Canal Street, Providen...

Significance: The freight house was part of one of the first major railroad stations in America. It was also one of the first structures built in the Romanesque style and one of the only surviving structures o... More

Providence & Worcester Railroad, Freight House, Canal Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Providence & Worcester Railroad, Freight House, Canal Street, Providen...

Significance: The freight house was part of one of the first major railroad stations in America. It was also one of the first structures built in the Romanesque style and one of the only surviving structures o... More

Shaker South Family Dwelling House, South Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA

Shaker South Family Dwelling House, South Shaker Road, Harvard, Worces...

Survey number: HABS MA-888 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shaker South Family Dwelling House, South Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA

Shaker South Family Dwelling House, South Shaker Road, Harvard, Worces...

Survey number: HABS MA-888 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cattle show, exhibition of manufactures, and ploughing match, at Worcester, Massachusetts. ... 1831

Cattle show, exhibition of manufactures, and ploughing match, at Worce...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Colton (S.H.) & Co.

[Severn Bridge, Worcester, England] view, photochrome print postcard.

[Severn Bridge, Worcester, England] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "11275". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

Library, Worcester Art Museum [Worcester, Massachusetts.]

Library, Worcester Art Museum [Worcester, Massachusetts.]

Public domain photograph of library, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Library, Worcester Art Museum Worcester, Massachusetts.

Library, Worcester Art Museum Worcester, Massachusetts.

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072174. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Worcester Cathedral - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Worcester Cathedral - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Listed in Detroit, Catalogue J, Supplement (1901-1906). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0843. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Central Church and Armory, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Central Church and Armory, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elm Park, Worcester, Massachusetts. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Elm Park, Worcester, Massachusetts. - Public domain image. Dry plate n...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Witness F. A. Smith. Home of Sarkis Bedrosian, 7 Elizabeth St., Worcester, Massachusetts. Children 6 yrs., 8 yrs., 10 yrs. and mother. Earn about $1.50 a week working on garter buttons. Father earns $8 to $10 a week. (See also Report.)  Location: Worcester, Massachusettsachusetts.

Witness F. A. Smith. Home of Sarkis Bedrosian, 7 Elizabeth St., Worces...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, economic conditions, children workers, exploitation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Whitinsville Brick Mill, Forge, 56 Douglas Road, Northbridge, Worcester County, MA

Whitinsville Brick Mill, Forge, 56 Douglas Road, Northbridge, Worceste...

Survey number: HABS MA-1225-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New England hurricane. Chicken house between Worcester and Amherst, Massachusetts

New England hurricane. Chicken house between Worcester and Amherst, Ma...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mount Ephraim, Bayside Road, Chincoteague Bay Vicinity, Snow Hill, Worcester County, MD

Mount Ephraim, Bayside Road, Chincoteague Bay Vicinity, Snow Hill, Wor...

Survey number: HABS MD-165 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shaker Church Family Herb Drying House, Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA

Shaker Church Family Herb Drying House, Shaker Road, Harvard, Worceste...

Survey number: HABS MA-1091 Public domain photograph of architectural diagram, building plan, section, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Blackstone Canal Millbury Segment, Beginning northwest of State Route 146 & McCracken Road, running along west side of Route 146, Millbury, Worcester County, MA

Blackstone Canal Millbury Segment, Beginning northwest of State Route ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Colonel J. Crosby House, Main Street, Brookfield, Worcester County, MA

Colonel J. Crosby House, Main Street, Brookfield, Worcester County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-133 Building/structure dates: 1797 Initial Construction

Colonel J. Crosby House, Main Street, Brookfield, Worcester County, MA

Colonel J. Crosby House, Main Street, Brookfield, Worcester County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-133 Building/structure dates: 1797 Initial Construction

Schoolfield Farm House, Hillman Road, Pocomoke City, Worcester County, MD

Schoolfield Farm House, Hillman Road, Pocomoke City, Worcester County,...

Significance: The house is a typical lower Eastern Shore cottage which reflects the hangover of transitional style at the end of the eighteenth century. Survey number: HABS MD-225 Building/structure dates: 17... More

215 North Main Street (House), Millbury, Worcester County, MA

215 North Main Street (House), Millbury, Worcester County, MA

Significance: 215 North Main Street, originally a boarding house, is significant as one of the few vestiges of a hamlet serving the Burling Mills on the Blackstone River, a highly industrialized waterway runnin... More

Hastings Bridge, Campground Road spanning Worcester, Nashua & Portland Division, Boston & Maine Railroad, Sterling, Worcester County, MA

Hastings Bridge, Campground Road spanning Worcester, Nashua & Portland...

Significance: Hastings Bridge represents a type of construction that was once common but rarely survives, the wooden truss. It is the oldest extant timber pony truss bridge identified in the Massachusetts stat... More

Higgins Armory, 100 Barber Avenue, Worcester, Worcester County, MA

Higgins Armory, 100 Barber Avenue, Worcester, Worcester County, MA

Significance: Built of steel frame construction for the Worcester Pressed Steel Co. (J.W. Higgins, Pres.) its believed to have been the 1st building in the U.S. constructed entirely of steel & glass. While Hig... More

Rider Tavern, Stafford Street (opposite Northside Road), Charlton, Worcester County, MA

Rider Tavern, Stafford Street (opposite Northside Road), Charlton, Wor...

Survey number: HABS MA-1224 Building/structure dates: 1797 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1842 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1939 Subsequent Work

Rider Tavern, Stafford Street (opposite Northside Road), Charlton, Worcester County, MA

Rider Tavern, Stafford Street (opposite Northside Road), Charlton, Wor...

Survey number: HABS MA-1224 Building/structure dates: 1797 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1842 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1939 Subsequent Work

102 Willow Street (Commercial Building), 102 Willow Street, Pocomoke City, Worcester County, MD

102 Willow Street (Commercial Building), 102 Willow Street, Pocomoke C...

Significance: This building, when first opened, served several typical different businesses. Survey number: HABS MD-1047

Shaker Ministry's Shop, Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA

Shaker Ministry's Shop, Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA

Significance: This is one of the later buildings at Harvard. Survey number: HABS MA-807 Building/structure dates: 1847 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1936 Subsequent Work

Shaker Ministry's Shop, Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA

Shaker Ministry's Shop, Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA

Significance: This is one of the later buildings at Harvard. Survey number: HABS MA-807 Building/structure dates: 1847 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1936 Subsequent Work

Masonic Building & Courthouse, Uxbridge, Worcester County, MA

Masonic Building & Courthouse, Uxbridge, Worcester County, MA

Significance: An early example of public-private partnership, the citizens of Uxbridge and the Solomon's Temple of the Freemasons joined forces to build a two story brick edifice on the north end of the town co... More

First Parish Church (Unitarian) & Carriage Shed, Maple & Elm Streets, Mendon, Worcester County, MA

First Parish Church (Unitarian) & Carriage Shed, Maple & Elm Streets, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-49 Survey number: HABS MA-242 Building/structure dates: 1820 Initial Construction

Crown & Eagle Mills, 123 Hartford Avenue East, North Uxbridge, Worcester County, MA

Crown & Eagle Mills, 123 Hartford Avenue East, North Uxbridge, Worcest...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crown & Eagle Mills, 123 Hartford Avenue East, North Uxbridge, Worcester County, MA

Crown & Eagle Mills, 123 Hartford Avenue East, North Uxbridge, Worcest...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crown & Eagle Mills, 123 Hartford Avenue East, North Uxbridge, Worcester County, MA

Crown & Eagle Mills, 123 Hartford Avenue East, North Uxbridge, Worcest...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...

Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...

Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...

Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...

Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More

McNamara House & Store, 455-457 Millbury Street, Worcester, Worcester County, MA

McNamara House & Store, 455-457 Millbury Street, Worcester, Worcester ...

Significance: The McNamara House and Store is an early and largely intact example of the multistory commercial/residential building type in Worcester. It is notable for its Stick Style architecture. Developed... More

Oliver Wight House, State Route 131, Sturbridge, Worcester County, MA

Oliver Wight House, State Route 131, Sturbridge, Worcester County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-217 Building/structure dates: 1783 Initial Construction

Oliver Wight House, State Route 131, Sturbridge, Worcester County, MA

Oliver Wight House, State Route 131, Sturbridge, Worcester County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-217 Building/structure dates: 1783 Initial Construction

First Parish Church, Town Green, Thayer Drive, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

First Parish Church, Town Green, Thayer Drive, Lancaster, Worcester Co...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a public building, auditorium, hall, commons, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

First Parish Church, Town Green, Thayer Drive, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

First Parish Church, Town Green, Thayer Drive, Lancaster, Worcester Co...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Providence & Worcester Railroad Station, 1 Depot Square, Woonsocket, Providence County, RI

Providence & Worcester Railroad Station, 1 Depot Square, Woonsocket, P...

Significance: This building is the third railroad station on the site and its most notable feature is the "light- weight curved and chamfered wooden brackets that arch well beyond the walls in a series of spoke... More

Providence & Worcester Railroad Station, 1 Depot Square, Woonsocket, Providence County, RI

Providence & Worcester Railroad Station, 1 Depot Square, Woonsocket, P...

Significance: This building is the third railroad station on the site and its most notable feature is the "light- weight curved and chamfered wooden brackets that arch well beyond the walls in a series of spoke... More

Providence & Worcester Railroad Station, 1 Depot Square, Woonsocket, Providence County, RI

Providence & Worcester Railroad Station, 1 Depot Square, Woonsocket, P...

Significance: This building is the third railroad station on the site and its most notable feature is the "light- weight curved and chamfered wooden brackets that arch well beyond the walls in a series of spoke... More

Wyman-Gordon Company, Grafton Plant, 50000 Ton Press, 244 Worcester Street, Grafton, Worcester County, MA

Wyman-Gordon Company, Grafton Plant, 50000 Ton Press, 244 Worcester St...

Significance: The Wyman-Gordan Forging Press, along with a similar press owned by the Alcoa Company of Cleveland, Ohio, represents the culmination of many years' attempts to build heavy presses. Motivated by C... More

North Village Schoolhouse, North Main Street, .125 mile South of Dlater Street, Webster, Worcester County, MA

North Village Schoolhouse, North Main Street, .125 mile South of Dlate...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Meetinghouse, Athol, Worcester County, MA

Meetinghouse, Athol, Worcester County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-893 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lower Rollstone Street Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Rollstone Street, Fitchburg, Worcester County, MA

Lower Rollstone Street Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Rollstone Stre...

Significance: The (Lower) Rollstone Street Bridge is one of only five known surviving Parker patent trusses in the United States, and the oldest of the three located in Massachusetts. It is also one of the two... More

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