Castle Street Row is a historic rowhouse block at 4–18 Castle Street in
Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester ( , ) is a city and county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, the city's population was 206,518 at the 2020 census, making it the second- most populous city in New England after ...
. Built by Worcester industrialist and developer
Eli Thayer
Eli Thayer (June 11, 1819 – April 15, 1899) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1857 to 1861. He was born in Mendon, Massachusetts. He graduated from Worcester Academy in 1840, from Brown University in 1845, and in ...
, the row of eight units is the largest collection of rowhouse units remaining in the city from a somewhat larger number built around that time. The three-story brick buildings are Second Empire in style, with mansard roofs. Although they were designed as single-family homes, most of them had been subdivided by the late 1880s.
The rowhouse was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...
in 1980.
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Buildings and structures in Worcester, Massachusetts
Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Italianate architecture in Massachusetts
Houses completed in 1873
National Register of Historic Places in Worcester, Massachusetts
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