Lower Pleasant Street District Explained

Lower Pleasant Street District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:418-426 Main St. and 9-49 Pleasant St., Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates:42.2636°N -71.8033°W
Built:1869
Architect:Barker & Nourse
E. Boyden & Son; Cutting & Forbush
Architecture:Second Empire, Gothic
Added:March 05, 1980
Mpsub:Worcester MRA
Refnum:80000613

The Lower Pleasant Street District is an historic district at 418–426 Main Street and 9–49 Pleasant Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. It encompasses the only surviving row of Victorian-era commercial buildings in downtown Worcester. These buildings were built between 1872 and 1890, and are located along the north side of Pleasant Street, from its corner with Main Street nearly to Chestnut Street. 39 Pleasant Street is the location of Str8Up Entertainment. The most unusual of the six buildings is the Odd Fellows Hall at 9-15 Pleasant Street, which is the only commercial Gothic Revival building left in the city.[1]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Lower Pleasant Street District. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2014-02-18.