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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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National Register of Historic Places listings in southwestern Worcester, Massachusetts There are 291 properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Worcester, Massachusetts. Of these, 82 are west of I-190 and the north-south section of I-290 and south of Massachusetts Route 122, and are listed bel ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) designated in Worcester County, Massachusetts. The locations of NRHP properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be ...


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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 {{WorcesterMA-NRHP-stub