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Worthy Hotel
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National Register of Historic Places

Worthy Hotel

On the National Register since 198343 years
Renaissance RevivalListed 1983Springfield
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About Worthy Hotel

Worthy Hotel, at 1571 Main St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Feb 24, 1983. The Register lists it for its commerce and architecture, at the local level. It describes its style as Renaissance Revival, as it does for 104 other Massachusetts listings. It was listed as part of Downtown Springfield MRA. 32 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isHotel in Massachusetts, United States of America. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 8 MB · National Archives↗
Through the years

1900 to today

  1. 1900Built, designed by Kirkham and Parlett; Gardner, Pyne and Gardner
  2. 1983Added to the National Register of Historic Places
  3. 2026On the Register for 43 years
Visit

Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 5 minutes

1571 Main St., Springfield · about 0.1 miles on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Worthy HotelStart here
  2. 2Smith's BuildingPanel Brick · Built 1897 · next door
  3. 3Driscoll's BlockPanel Brick · next door
  4. 4Trinity Block20th Century Commercial · next door
  5. 5Kennedy-Worthington BlocksBuilding · next door
Around it

55 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BFuller BlockRomanesque · Built 1887<0.1 miBPatton BuildingGeorgian Revival Vernacular0.1 miBWhitcomb WarehousePanel Brick0.1 miBCarlton House BlockItalianate Vernacular0.1 miBSanderson, Julia, TheaterClassical Revival · Built 18430.1 miBPatton and Loomis BlockEarly 20th Century Commercial0.1 miBStearns Building20th Century Commercial0.1 miBFitzgerald's Stearns Square BlockItalianate0.1 miBMorgan BlockClassical Revival0.1 miBOlmsted-Hixon-Albion BlockClassical Revival0.1 miBHampden Savings BankClassical Revival · Built 19180.1 miBChapin National Bank BuildingClassical Revival · Built 19170.1 miBWason-Springfield Steam Power BlocksBuilding0.1 miBStacy BuildingPanel Brick0.1 miBBicycle Club BuildingRomanesque Revival · Built 18910.1 miBSpringfield Steam Power Company BlockPanel Brick0.1 miBWells BlockItalianate0.1 miBSpringfield District CourtNeo-Classical Revival0.2 mi
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BUnion Trust Company BuildingBeaux Arts · Built 19080.2 miBRepublican BlockItalianate0.2 miBHaynes Hotel Waters BuildingItalianate · Built 18650.2 miDApremont Triangle Historic DistrictCommercial0.2 miBBaystate Corset BlockPanel Brick · Built 18740.2 miBWilly's Overland Block20th Century Commercial0.2 miBMcIntosh BuildingChicago Style0.2 miBHiberian BlockClassical Revival0.2 miBCutler and Porter BlockPanel Brick · Built 18940.2 miBProduce Exchange Building20th Century Commercial Façade0.2 miBUnited Electric Co. BuildingBeaux Arts Classicism · Built 19100.3 miBHampden County CourthouseBuilt 18740.3 miDCourt Square Historic DistrictRomanesque0.3 miBFirst Church of Christ, CongregationalFederal · Built 18180.3 miBWalker BuildingRichardsonian Romanesque · Built 18900.3 miBRadding BuildingClassical Revival · Built 19150.3 miBHenking Hotel and CafeGeorgian Revival · Built 18990.3 miBFrench Congregational ChurchVictorian Gothic0.4 miBW C A Boarding HouseEastlake0.4 miBBurbach BlockPanel Brick · Built 18820.4 miBBangs BlockItalianate · Built 18700.4 miBMcKinney BuildingClassical Revival · Built 19050.4 miBColonial BlockGeorgian Revival · Built 19020.4 miBGuenther & Handel's BlockGreek Revival0.4 miBSpringfield Safe Deposit and Trust CompanyArt Deco · Built 19330.4 miBSpringfield Fire & Marine Insurance Co.Classical Revival · Built 19050.4 miDQuadrangle-Mattoon Historic District (Boundary Increase)Greek Revival0.4 miDQuadrangle-Mattoon Street Historic DistrictGothic Revival0.4 miDDowntown Springfield Railroad DistrictVernacular0.4 miBSt. Joseph's ChurchRomanesque Revival · Built 18730.5 miBState ArmoryGreek Revival0.5 miBMills-Hale-Owen BlocksItalianate0.5 miDSmith Carriage Company DistrictDistrict0.5 miBMilton-Bradley CompanyPanel Brick0.5 miBSouth Congregational ChurchHigh Victorian Gothic · Built 18750.5 miBEthel Apartment HouseBuilt 19120.5 miBLaurel HallClassical Revival0.5 mi
More like it

Renaissance Revival style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Renaissance Revival.

Apremont Triangle Historic District0.2 mi away
South Main Street School1.1 mi away
Valentine School3 mi away
Friedrich BlockBuilt 1908 · 6.6 mi away

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Questions about Worthy Hotel

Is Worthy Hotel on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Feb 24, 1983 (Register number 83000779).

Is Worthy Hotel a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Massachusetts has 189 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Springfield Armory National Historic Site, 0.7 miles away.

Can you visit Worthy Hotel?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Worthy Hotel?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 8 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 63790329 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.