Bancroft Hotel

Bancroft Hotel
Location 50 Franklin Street, 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

The Bancroft Hotel is a historic hotel building which is now an apartment complex at 50 Franklin Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 2016 the building's common areas underwent a complete renovation.

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 $29,474,000 in 2015).

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 National Park Service (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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