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Historic district in Massachusetts, United States

United States historic place
Lower Pleasant Street District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Lower Pleasant Street
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Location418-426 Main St. and 9-49 Pleasant St., Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°15′49″N 71°48′12″W / 42.26361°N 71.80333°W / 42.26361; -71.80333
Built1869
ArchitectBarker & Nourse; E. Boyden & Son; Cutting & Forbush
Architectural styleSecond Empire, Gothic
MPSWorcester MRA
NRHP reference No.80000613
Added to NRHPMarch 05, 1980

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.

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Lower Pleasant Street District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
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