National Register of Historic Places

Beaver Street Historic District

Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Listed
February 9, 1990
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
89002377

About this property

The Beaver Street Historic District is a residential historic district in the Main South part of Worcester, Massachusetts. It encompasses a collection of five well preserved Colonial Revival triple-deckers located at 31-39 Beaver Street, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. The five buildings in this Beaver Street subdivision are located just southwest of the Clark University campus in southern Worcester, near the junction of Beaver Street with Florence and Oliver Streets. They are set on the southeast side of the street, running northeasterly from Clement Street. All were built c. 1916, at a time when Worcester's more fashionable development was moving from the Woodland Street area to the west side, and when the streetcar made the Main South area more readily accessible to factory workers. The typical early owners and occupants of them were Irish American families where the men were laborers or machinists, and the women who worked outside the home had office jobs. The five buildings are identical in their basic structure, a rectangular three-story wood-frame building with a side hall entry, and protruding bay sections on the front and left side. All have front porches that rise to three stories, but the decorative details and number of supporting columns differ among them. 37 Beaver Street is distinctive in the group for having a full-width first-floor porch and a gable end with full pediment, while numbers 31 and 35 have first-floor side porches sheltering the entry. At the time of their listing in 1990 all were clad in wood clapboards and shingles. National Register of Historic Places listings in southwestern Worcester, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts

Location

31--39 Beaver St.
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
42.24967, -71.82665

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTEUROPEANARCHITECTURESOCIAL HISTORY
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When was Beaver Street Historic District listed on the National Register?

Beaver Street Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 9, 1990.

What type of historic resource is Beaver Street Historic District?

Beaver Street Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Beaver Street Historic District is recorded as the listed era.

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