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Armsby Block
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National Register of Historic Places

Armsby Block

Also known as Armsby Building

On the National Register since 198046 years
Panel BrickListed 1980Worcester

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About

About Armsby Block

Armsby Block, at 144-148 Main St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Mar 5, 1980. The Register lists it for its architecture, at the state level. It describes its style as Panel Brick, as it does for 37 other Massachusetts listings. It was listed as part of Worcester MRA. 24 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isHistoric building in Worcester, Massachusetts. 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 · 3 MB · National Archives↗
Through the years

1885 to today

  1. 1885Built, designed by Stephen C. Earle
  2. 1980Added to the National Register of Historic Places
  3. 2026On the Register for 46 years
Visit

Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 5 minutes

144-148 Main St., Worcester · about 0.1 miles on foot, as the crow flies

Around it

65 more Register listings within half a mile

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

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BWhitcomb MansionQueen Anne0.2 miBSalisbury HouseGreek Revival0.2 miBDuprey BuildingBuilt 19260.3 miBSlater BuildingClassical Revival0.3 miBWCIS BankItalianate · Built 18510.3 miBJoseph Davis HouseShingle Style0.3 miBCastle Street Row-Boundary IncreaseRomanesque Revival0.3 miBFrank L. and Mabel H. Dean HouseColonial Revival0.3 miBGov. Levi Lincoln HouseGreek Revival0.3 miBJohn Hastins CottageVictorian Gothic0.3 miBGeorge Cobb HouseVictorian Gothic0.3 miBDoran, Thomas F., Three-DeckerStick Style Three-Decker0.3 miBSalisbury Mansion and StoreClassical Revival · Built 17720.3 miDInstitutional DistrictGreek Revival0.3 miBBliss BuildingVictorian Gothic · Built 18880.3 miBWorcester City Hall and CommonSecond Renaissance Revival0.4 miBU.S. Post Office and CourthouseNeo-Classical Revival0.4 miBPoli's Palace TheaterBeaux Arts · Built 19040.4 miDLower Pleasant Street DistrictDistrict0.4 miBHoratio Tower HouseItalianate0.4 miBG.A.R. HallHigh Victorian0.4 miBUnion Congregational ChurchGothic Revival0.4 miDOxford-Crown Historic DistrictClassical Revival0.4 miBWilliam Hogg HouseColonial Revival0.4 miBKatz and Leavitt Apartment HouseEclectic0.4 miBAlexander Marsh HouseGreek Revival · Built 18480.4 miBIsaac Davis HouseItalianate · Built 18700.4 miBBorden-Pond HouseSecond Empire · Built 18560.4 miBLeonard Sturtevant HouseGreek Revival0.4 miBEnterprise BuildingBeaux Arts Classical0.5 miDMain and Franklin Streets Historic DistrictDistrict0.5 miBBancroft HotelBeaux Arts Classical · Built 19120.5 miBDodge Block and Sawyer Building, Bancroft Trust BuildingLate Victorian0.5 miBCathedral of St. PaulVictorian Gothic · Built 18740.5 miBWorcester Young Women's Christian AssociationBuilding0.5 miBPark BuildingClassical Revival0.5 miBEnglish High SchoolRomanesque Revival0.5 miBMission ChapelItalianate0.5 miBMerrill Double HouseVictorian Gothic0.5 miBDewey Francis, HouseFlemish0.5 miBCharles Allen HouseSecond Empire0.5 miDLincoln Estate-Elm Park Historic DistrictVictorian0.5 miBHarris-Merrick HouseGreek Revival0.5 miBElizabeth Street SchoolEclectic0.5 miBGeorge Bentley HouseCarpenter Gothic0.5 miBD. Wheeler Swift HouseVictorian Gothic0.5 miBAddison Prentiss HouseVictorian Gothic · Built 18770.5 mi

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Questions about Armsby Block

Is Armsby Block on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Mar 5, 1980 (Register number 80000598).

Is Armsby Block a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Massachusetts has 189 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is American Antiquarian Society, 0.8 miles away.

Can you visit Armsby Block?

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 Armsby Block?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 3 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 63792851 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.