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James O'Connor Three-Decker

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James O'Connor 3 Decker
James O'Connor 3 Decker

The James O'Connor Three-Decker is a historic triple-decker in Worcester, Massachusetts. At time of its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990, it was recognized as a well-preserved example of a wood-frame Queen Anne building, featuring a three-story porch with decorative turned wood balusters and porch supports, and wood siding with decorative bands of cut shingles. It was built about 1906, in what was then an ethnically mixed neighborhood; its early occupants were Irish and Swedish, with Poles and Lithuanians arriving later. Since its listing, the house has been resided and the porches removed.

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James O'Connor Three-Decker
Endicott Street, Worcester

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01655 Worcester
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Southbridge-Sargent Manufacturing District
Southbridge-Sargent Manufacturing District

The Southbridge-Sargent Manufacturing District encompasses a collection of three 19th-century factory buildings near a historically important railroad junction in southern Worcester, Massachusetts. They were built near the intersection of Sargent and Gold Streets, just south of Southbridge Street. The location is close to a junction of three major railroads: the Boston and Albany, the Norwich and Worcester, and the New York, New Haven, and Hartford. The area was once a major industrial part of the city, but has lost many of its historic factory buildings in the 20th century.The most significant building in the district is the former Sargent Card-Clothing Factory, 300 Southbridge Street. This Second Empire three story brick structure, built in 1866, is one of the oldest surviving factory buildings in the city. It was built for the Sargent brothers, leading manufacturers of card making machinery, and is built to a plan that was used, with some modifications, for later purpose-built factory buildings in the city.The Rice and Griffin Factory at 5 Sargent Street was built c. 1890. It was originally three stories with a pitched gable roof, but the roof was removed and a fourth floor added. Rice and Griffin was founded in 1866, and was listed at that address from 1872 until 1905. The company's principal business was the production of architectural building parts, and it is probable that their products decorated a significant number of Worcester's Victorian houses.The third factory, at 125 Gold Street, was built c. 1892 for the Whitcomb Manufacturing Company. It is a utilitarian two story brick building. The company began operations in space rented at 5 Sargent Street before building these premises. The company produced metalworking machinery, including planers, shearing and punching tools.The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Junction Shop and Hermon Street District
Junction Shop and Hermon Street District

The Junction Shop and Hermon Street District is a historic district comprising 28 industrial properties on Jackson, Hermon, and Beacon Streets on the south side of Worcester, Massachusetts. It is a remnant of a once larger 19th and early 20th century manufacturing district just west of the railway junction between the Boston and Maine Railroad and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.The area was first developed in the 1850s by James Estabrook and Charles Wood, and continued to be developed by the Estabrook family into the early 20th century. The oldest building, known as the Junction Shop, was built in 1851 by Worcester's famous teacher, inventor and abolitionist Eli Thayer, and followed a previously successful model of factory ownership in which the facility owner provided rental space, power, and other facilities to small manufacturers. Eli Thayer also built Adriatic Mills, formerly on Armory St and was the inventor of the hydraulic elevator. Power was provided by two Corliss steam engines. It is well known for its later occupation by the Knowles Loom Company, a major manufacturer of textile processing equipment. This three story stone building is 450 feet (140 m) long and 50 feet (15 m). It is located in the block surrounded by Jackson, Hermon, and Beacon Streets, and the railroad tracks, and is surrounded within that block by a series of brick additions (built from the 1870s to the 1910s) which obscure much of its bulk.In addition to the Junction Shop, a series of smaller factory blocks line Beacon Street between Herman and Jackson Streets. Those on the east side were built between the 1870s and 1890s by the Estabrooks for the Glasgo Thread Company. The north side of Jacskon Street between the tracks and Harris Court is also lined with Estabrook-built factories, as is the south side of Hermon Street.In 2012, the Planning Board gave the nod to a developer to turn the abandoned and derelict buildings into affordable housing units now known as the Junction Shops Mill Project. The Junction Shop lofts officially opened their doors in late 2015. Now, under Brady Sullivan's ownership, the historic building has been transformed into luxury apartments for rent in Worcester. Featuring apartment homes that range in size from one to four bedrooms, each apartment captures the historic past of the building, while providing modern comfort for today's residents. These renovated mill lofts in Worcester feature stainless steel appliances, original reclaimed hardwood or bamboo floors, granite countertops, and sophisticated designer paint colors, all in combination with the mill's characteristic soaring ceilings and large, bright windows.