Slater Building (Worcester, Massachusetts)

Slater Building

Slater Building
Location 390 Main St., Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°15′51″N 71°48′9″W / 42.26417°N 71.80250°W / 42.26417; -71.80250Coordinates: 42°15′51″N 71°48′9″W / 42.26417°N 71.80250°W / 42.26417; -71.80250
Built 1907
Architect Frost, Briggs & Chamberlain
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS Worcester MRA
NRHP Reference #

80000609

[1]
Added to NRHP March 05, 1980

The Slater Building is an historic commercial building at 390 Main Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. The ten story building, built in 1907 by the Norcross Brothers, was the second skyscraper in the city (after the Second State Mutual Life building, 340 Main Street). Framed in steel, the building is clad in granite stone on its first two floors, while the upper floors are faced in limestone. The upper two floors are set off from those below by a trim line, and have a recessed loggia framed by Corinthian columns.[2]

In 1939 the building's interior systems were modernized by architects Frost, Chamberlain & Edwards, successors to the original designers, and then still tenants of the building.[3]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] It is currently the 10th tallest building in Worcester.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Slater Building". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  3. ↑ Engineering News-Record 9 Feb. 1939: 14. New York.


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