National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester, Massachusetts facts for kids

The city of Worcester, Massachusetts has a long and rich history and a great many properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are 282 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the city.

Current listings

Because of the large number of listings, the list has been split into three sections. Eastern Worcester is defined as all of the city east of the north-south route of I-190 and I-290. Northwestern Worcester is defined as the part of the city west of those highways and north of Massachusetts Route 122. 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 all three sections.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted March 31, 2017.

Area	Image	First Date listed	Last Date listed	Count
Eastern		May 7, 1971	November 19, 2007	97
Northwestern		November 24, 1968	May 8, 2011	102
Southwestern		March 5, 1980	March 1, 2011	80
Duplicates				(3)
Total				276