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WCIS Bank
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National Register of Historic Places

WCIS Bank

Also known as Bank Block and Worcester County Institution for Savings

On the National Register since 198046 years
ItalianateListed 1980Worcester

Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

About

About WCIS Bank

WCIS Bank, at 365 Main St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Mar 5, 1980. The Register lists it for its commerce and architecture, at the state level. It describes its style as Italianate, as it does for 579 other Massachusetts listings. It was listed as part of Worcester MRA. 25 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isBank building 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 · 7 MB · National Archives↗
Through the years

1851 to today

  1. 1851Built
  2. 1980Added to the National Register of Historic Places
  3. 2026On the Register for 46 years
Visit

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365 Main St., Worcester · about 0.2 miles on foot, as the crow flies

Around it

80 more Register listings within half a mile

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BMarcus Hobbs HouseGreek Revival0.2 miBGilman BlockClassical Revival0.2 miBTilley Raymond HouseGreek Revival0.2 miBYWCA of WorcesterBuilt 19610.3 miBStevens' BuildingItalianate0.3 miBBabcock BlockGranite Post and Lintel Façade · Built 18600.3 miBColton's BlockItalianate0.3 miBHadley Furniture Company BuildingClassical Revival0.3 miBSaint Joseph's Home for Working GirlsBuilding0.3 miBEnterprise BuildingBeaux Arts Classical0.3 miBCathedral of St. PaulVictorian Gothic · Built 18740.3 miBEnglish High SchoolRomanesque Revival0.3 miBMission ChapelItalianate0.3 miDOxford-Crown Historic DistrictClassical Revival0.3 miBWilliam Hogg HouseColonial Revival0.3 miBKatz and Leavitt Apartment HouseEclectic0.3 miBAlexander Marsh HouseGreek Revival · Built 18480.3 miBIsaac Davis HouseItalianate · Built 18700.3 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 miBElwood Adams Store19th Century Commercial Vernacular0.3 miBJerome Marble HouseSecond Empire0.3 miBArmsby BlockPanel Brick · Built 18850.3 miBOtis Putnam HouseQueen Anne0.3 miBHenry Goulding HouseItalianate0.3 miBW.H. Goulding HouseGreek Revival0.3 miBSamuel Copeland HouseGreek Revival0.3 miBRiordan, John, Three-DeckerQueen Anne · Built 18880.3 miBAurora HotelClassical Revival · Built 18970.4 miBVendome, The, and the St. IvesClassical Revival0.4 miBThe Printers BuildingBuilding0.4 miBWorcester Market BuildingEclectic0.4 miBSt. John`s Catholic ChurchGreek Revival · Built 18450.4 miBS.D. Newton HouseGreek Revival · Built 18460.4 miBRichmond, Willard, Apartment BlockItalianate0.4 miBThe RussellClassical0.4 miBUnion StationClassical Revival0.4 miDOxford-Crown Extension DistrictVictorian0.4 miBMerrill Double HouseVictorian Gothic0.4 miBDewey Francis, HouseFlemish0.4 miBCharles Allen HouseSecond Empire0.4 miBThule-Plummer BuildingsClassical Revival0.4 miBSalisbury Factory BuildingUtilitarian Industrial0.4 miBSalisbury Factory BuildingVictorian Gothic0.4 miBWorcester County CourthouseBuilding0.4 miBWhitcomb HouseVictorian0.4 miBWhitcomb MansionQueen Anne0.4 miBDaniel Stevens HouseSecond Empire0.5 miBMasonic TempleClassical Revival0.5 miBI00F BuildingClassical Revival · Built 19060.5 miDWellington Street Apartment House DistrictRomanesque Revival0.5 miBOsgood Bradley BuildingBuilt 19140.5 miDLincoln Estate-Elm Park Historic DistrictVictorian0.5 miBHarris-Merrick HouseGreek Revival0.5 miBBorden-Pond HouseSecond Empire · Built 18560.5 miBSalisbury HouseGreek Revival0.5 miBSalisbury Mansion and StoreClassical Revival · Built 17720.5 miDInstitutional DistrictGreek Revival0.5 mi
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Italianate style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Italianate.

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Questions about WCIS Bank

Is WCIS Bank on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Mar 5, 1980 (Register number 80000606).

Is WCIS Bank a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Massachusetts has 189 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is American Antiquarian Society, 1 mile away.

Can you visit WCIS Bank?

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 WCIS Bank?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 7 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 63792891 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.