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The Isaac Davis House is an historic house at 1 Oak Street in Worcester, Massachusetts.It was built in 1870-72 for Isaac Davis (1799-1883), a prominent local lawyer and banker, and is a fine example of Italianate architecture in brick.
The Whitcomb Mansion (also Whitcomb House) is a historic house at 51 Harvard Street in Worcester, Massachusetts.It is a high Victorian (Queen Anne style) mansion that was built in 1879 as the home of George H. Whitcomb, one of the city's leading businessmen and philanthropists.
The Rice-Hogg House is located west of downtown Worcester, at the southwest corner of Elm and Ashland Streets. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, with a truncated hip roof and clapboarded exterior. Gabled dormers pierce the roof face, and the roof eave is decorated with modillion blocks.
The scale of the Worcester Hunt and the location in which it was constructed suggests that it was the private property of a wealthy Byzantine aristocrat. This mosaic would have been the centerpiece of a large residence, built for the purpose of leaving a lasting impression upon guests.
Finally, southwestern Worcester covers the area south of Route 122 and west of the highways. Two historic districts have boundaries that cover portions of more than one section of the city: milestones that make up the 1767 Milestones are found in the northwestern and eastern sections, and the Blackstone Canal Historic District extends through ...
Knollwood is an historic estate at 425 Salisbury Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. Originally encompassing about 122 acres (49 ha), the estate has been reduced to only 15 acres (6.1 ha), and is now home to the Notre Dame Academy. The estate was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]
The Charles Allen House is an historic house at 65 Elm Street in Worcester, Massachusetts.Built in 1870, it is notable as an unusual and well-preserved Second Empire house, and for its association with Massachusetts lawyer, politician, and jurist Charles Allen.
The Henry G. Taft House built c. 1868 (118 Woodland) was originally owned by Henry Gordon Taft of Uxbridge, who served as the Commissioner of Worcester County from 1876 to 1903. [4] Three of the five original Second Empire houses—the Andrew Schofield House (c. 1868), Sumner Wallace House (c. 1870), and William Brason House (c.1870) -- have ...