Renaissance Revival architecture in Worcester
Renaissance Revival draws on the Italian palazzo, with a rusticated ground floor, round arched windows and a strong horizontal cornice. American architects used it for banks, clubs and libraries between 1880 and 1930.
11 stops, 2.0 miles end to end. One stop is a historic district rather than a single building.
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
- 1Castle Street Row–Boundary Increase20-24 Castle St.Building · listed 2001start
- 2Mission Chapel205 Summer St.Building · listed 19800.2 mi from stop 1
- 3Mechanics Hall321 Main St.Building · listed 19720.4 mi from stop 2
- 4Mechanics' Hall DistrictProperties between 282 and 343 Main St.Historic district · listed 1980same block from stop 3
- 5Old State Mutual Building240 Main St.Building · listed 19800.1 mi from stop 4
- 6Jerome Marble House23 Harvard St.Building · listed 19800.1 mi from stop 5
- 7Henry Goulding House26 Harvard St.Building · listed 1980349 ft from stop 6
- 8Marcus Hobbs House16 William St.Building · listed 19800.2 mi from stop 7
- 9Horatio Tower House71 Pleasant St.Building · listed 19800.2 mi from stop 8
- 10Stevens' Building24-44 Southbridge St.Building · listed 19800.3 mi from stop 9
- 11Crompton Loom Works132-142 Green St.Building · listed 19800.4 mi from stop 10
2.0 straight-line miles over 10 legs.
Taking it along
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- 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.
- Neoclassical architecture in Worcester11 stops · 2.1 milesNeoclassical buildings borrow the columns, pediments and symmetry of Greek and Roman temples. The Worcester examples on this route went up between 1851 and 1926.
- 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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