Lower Pleasant Street District

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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^[2]

Lower Pleasant Street District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Lower Pleasant Street
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Location	418-426 Main St. and 9-49 Pleasant St., Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°15′49″N 71°48′12″W
Built	1869
Architect	Barker & Nourse; E. Boyden & Son; Cutting & Forbush
Architectural style	Second Empire, Gothic
MPS	Worcester MRA
NRHP reference No.	80000613 [1]
Added to NRHP	March 05, 1980

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in northwestern Worcester, Massachusetts
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts

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.