Bancroft Commons

Bancroft Hotel
Bancroft Commons
Location 50 Franklin St., Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°15′41″N 71°48′6″W / 42.26139°N 71.80167°W / 42.26139; -71.80167Coordinates: 42°15′41″N 71°48′6″W / 42.26139°N 71.80167°W / 42.26139; -71.80167
Built 1912
Architect Esenwein & Johnson
Architectural style Beaux Arts
MPS Worcester MRA
NRHP Reference #

80000614

[1]
Added to NRHP March 5, 1980

Bancroft Commons, formerly known as the Bancroft Hotel, is a historic hotel, now apartment building, at 50 Franklin Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. The building is landmarked under its old name, the Bancroft Hotel.

History

Bancroft Hotel Franklin St. Facade seen in a period postcard

The Bancroft Hotel was built by Niagara Falls businessman Frank A. Dudley and operated by the United Hotels Company.[2] It was designed by Buffalo, New York architects Esenwein & Johnson in the Beaux Arts style and was completed in 1912 at a cost of over $1.2 million (equivalent to $29,425,000 in 2016).

The hotel was named for historian and politician George Bancroft. The nine story building has a steel frame, which is faced in brick trimmed with terracotta. In 1925 it was expanded in size by about 1/3 along Portland Street. Built at the height of Worcester's prosperity, it was one of the city's most opulent hotels. It was operated as a hotel until 1964.[3]

The hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

It is currently tied as the 11th tallest building in Worcester.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Receivers Name for Hotel Firm". The New York Times. November 18, 1933. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Bancroft Hotel". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-27.

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