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Brightside Apartments
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National Register of Historic Places

Brightside Apartments

On the National Register since 198046 years
Romanesque RevivalListed 1980Worcester
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Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

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About Brightside Apartments

Brightside Apartments, at 2 King St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Mar 5, 1980. The Register lists it for its town planning and architecture, at the state level. It describes its style as Romanesque Revival, as it does for 128 other Massachusetts listings. It was listed as part of Worcester MRA. 16 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isBuilding in Massachusetts, United States. 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

1889 to today

  1. 1889Built, designed by Fuller & Delano
  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 10 minutes

2 King St., Worcester · about 0.2 miles on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Brightside ApartmentsStart here
  2. 2Lucius Knowles HouseVictorian Second Empire · next door
  3. 3Elliot Smith HouseQueen Anne · next door
  4. 4Hammond Organ FactorySecond Empire · next door
  5. 5Franklin Wesson HouseHigh Victorian Gothic · next door
Around it

47 more Register listings within half a mile

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

BRidyard, Albert, Three-DeckerColonial Revival Three-Decker · Built 19140.1 miBJames Schofield HouseSecond Empire0.1 miBC.H. Fitch HouseVictorian0.1 miBCastle Street RowSecond Empire0.1 miBJohn Legg HouseQueen Anne0.2 miBBeacon Street FirehouseRenaissance Revival · Built 19010.2 miBNorcross Brothers HousesQueen Anne0.2 miBEdward Stark HouseQueen Anne0.2 miBDowley-Taylor HouseGreek Revival0.2 miBMoody Shattuck HouseQueen Anne0.2 miBWoodland Street FirehouseQueen Anne0.2 miBBattelle, Marion, Three-DeckerQueen Anne Style Three-Decker0.2 miBElias Crawford HouseOctagonal Mode0.3 miBSouth UnitarianRomanesque Revival0.3 miBMiss Worcester DinerNew England Barrel Roof Diner · Built 19480.3 miDJunction Shop and Herman Street District (Additional Documentation)Utilitarian0.3 miBEmmanuel BaptistNorman Romanesque0.3 miBBoynton and WindsorVictorian0.3 mi
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DMain Street and Murray Avenue Historic DistrictDistrict0.3 miDDale and Ethan Allen Streets Historic DistrictDistrict0.3 miBSimpson, Clara, Three-DeckerItalianate Style Three-Decker0.3 miBJ. R. Torrey Razor Co. and J. R. Torrey & Co. Manufacturing FacilityBuilding0.3 miBMcCafferty, Elizabeth, Three-DeckerQueen Anne Style Three-Decker0.4 miBSmith, Ellen M., Three-DeckerQueen Anne Three-Decker0.4 miBReed, Frank, Three-DeckerQueen Anne Three-Decker0.4 miBPilgrim Congregational ChurchRomanesque Revival0.4 miBSt. Peters Catholic ChurchVictorian Gothic · Built 18840.4 miDWoodland Street Historic DistrictVictorian0.4 miDSouthbridge-Sargent Manufacturing DistrictSecond Empire0.4 miBHall, Charles A., Three-DeckerQueen Anne Style Three-Decker0.4 miBDaniel Stevens HouseSecond Empire0.4 miBMasonic TempleClassical Revival0.4 miBI00F BuildingClassical Revival · Built 19060.4 miDWellington Street Apartment House DistrictRomanesque Revival0.4 miBJohnson, Edwin, Three-DeckerQueen Anne0.4 miBWorcester Corset Company FactoryUtilitarian Industrial0.5 miBStone, Edward, Three-DeckerStick Style Three-Decker0.5 miBHunt, Daniel, Three-DeckerQueen Anne Style Three-Decker · Built 18900.5 miBAurora HotelClassical Revival · Built 18970.5 miBVendome, The, and the St. IvesClassical Revival0.5 miBWorcester Market BuildingEclectic0.5 miBLumb, Thomas, Three-DeckerQueen Anne0.5 miBS.D. Newton HouseGreek Revival · Built 18460.5 miBRichmond, Willard, Apartment BlockItalianate0.5 miBThe RussellClassical0.5 miDOxford-Crown Extension DistrictVictorian0.5 miBHadley, Gilbert, Three-DeckerStick Style Three-Decker0.5 mi
More like it

Romanesque Revival style, nearby

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

Woodland Street Firehouse0.2 mi away
South Unitarian0.3 mi away
Pilgrim Congregational Church0.4 mi away
Wellington Street Apartment House District0.4 mi away

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Questions about Brightside Apartments

Is Brightside Apartments on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Mar 5, 1980 (Register number 80000635).

Is Brightside Apartments a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Massachusetts has 189 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is American Antiquarian Society, 1.5 miles away.

Can you visit Brightside Apartments?

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 Brightside Apartments?

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 63792957 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.