Neoclassical architecture in Worcester
Neoclassical buildings borrow the columns, pediments and symmetry of Greek and Roman temples. In the United States the label covers a long wave of public and institutional building from the 1890s into the 1930s.
The stops that carry a construction date run from 1851 to 1926. 11 stops, 2.1 miles end to end.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Sep 18, 2026.
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Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Worcester Bleach and Dye Works60 Fremont St.Building · listed 2000start
- 2South Worcester Branch Library705 Southbridge St.Building · built 1913 · listed 19800.3 mi from stop 1
- 3Masonic TempleIonic Ave.Building · listed 19801.1 mi from stop 2
- 4Aurora Hotel652--660 Main St.Building · built 1897 · listed 1988490 ft from stop 3
- 5Vendome, The, and the St. Ives17--19 and 21--23 Chandler St.Building · listed 1990same block from stop 4
- 6Hadley Furniture Company Building651-659 Main StBuilding · listed 20110.1 mi from stop 5
- 7Park Building507 Main St.Building · listed 19800.1 mi from stop 6
- 8Bancroft Hotel50 Franklin St.Building · built 1912 · listed 1980445 ft from stop 7
- 9Duprey Building16 Norwich St.Building · built 19260.2 mi from stop 8
- 10Wcis Bank365 Main St.Building · built 1851 · listed 1980206 ft from stop 9
- 11Slater Building390 Main St.Building · listed 1980234 ft from stop 10
2.1 straight-line miles over 10 legs.
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 11 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Other walks in Worcester
- Greek Revival houses in Worcester10 stops · 1.8 milesGreek Revival buildings carry low pitched gables, heavy cornices and columned porticoes modelled on Greek temples.
- Queen Anne architecture in Worcester14 stops · 1.9 milesQueen Anne is a late Victorian manner of irregular plans, steep roofs, turrets, bay windows and wrapping porches.
- Renaissance Revival architecture in Worcester11 stops · 2.0 milesRenaissance Revival draws on the Italian palazzo, with a rusticated ground floor, round arched windows and a strong horizontal cornice.
- Colonial Revival architecture in Worcester10 stops · 2.3 milesColonial Revival reworks the symmetry, shutters and classical doorways of American colonial building. The Worcester examples on this route went up between 1914 and 1928.
- Houses and mansions in Worcester15 stops · 0.9 milesThe route links the houses the register carries in Worcester. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk.
Local history books for Worcester
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Worcester County's Polish communityBarbara Proko and Janice Baniukiewicz Stickles, 2007Find at Bookshop.org
Guidebooks to historic places and travel in Massachusetts
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