The Boynton and The Windsor are a pair historic buildings at 718 and 720 Main 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 ...
. They are nearly identical brick apartment buildings that were constructed c. 1887 to designs by
Barker & Nourse
Barker & Nourse was an architectural firm from Worcester, Massachusetts, active from 1879 to 1904.
History
The principals of the firm were Albert A. Barker (1852-1905) and Walter B. Nourse (1853-1906), and it operated from 1879 to 1904. It was ...
, and are well preserved instances of late 19th century apartment house construction that once lined Main Street for many blocks. Of the two the Boynton (718 Main Street) is the better preserved, with an unaltered exterior.
The buildings were 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,
and were included in the
Main Street and Murray Avenue Historic District in 2022.
See also
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Wellington Street Apartment House District
The Wellington Street Apartment House District of Worcester, Massachusetts encompasses a collection of stylistically similar apartment houses in the city's Main South area. It includes sixteen properties along Jacques Avenue, and Wellington a ...
, a cluster of similar vintage apartment houses
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References
Apartment buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Buildings and structures completed in 1887
Buildings and structures in Worcester, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places in Worcester, Massachusetts
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