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Norcross Factory

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in 1893, and connected via additions to a planing mill they had built on an adjacent parcel in 1880-81. Both the additions and the planing mill are modest three-story brick structures, with flat roofs, corbelled cornices, and sandstone trim. This space was then used by the Norcrosses to as office
273:. This three story brick building was built in three stages, between 1863 and 1893. The oldest portion, the westernmost part of the structure, was originally built as a schoolhouse, and is one of the oldest surviving school buildings in the city. It was designed by 525: 935: 833: 828: 823: 456: 294: 521: 501: 496: 491: 461: 511: 481: 383: 516: 506: 486: 466: 277:, based on an earlier school (no longer extant) on Salem Street. This section has a hip roof, paired entrances on the north and south facades, and granite window surrounds. It served as the East Worcester Grammar School until 1893. 855: 476: 471: 860: 808: 688: 642: 575: 738: 713: 673: 601: 570: 549: 950: 818: 754: 723: 678: 663: 658: 813: 718: 708: 611: 728: 703: 693: 668: 621: 606: 596: 580: 554: 764: 759: 733: 698: 683: 626: 616: 376: 268:
The former East Worcester School and Norcross Factory is set on Worcester's east side, at the junction of Shrewsbury Street and East Worcester Street, just north of Worcester's main railroad yard and east of
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space, and factory space in which they manufactured architectural building parts, including doors and window sashes, until 1918.
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of the building, serving from 1893 to 1918 as the main facility of the
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is a historic building at 10 E. Worcester Street in
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East Worcester School-Norcross Factory
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Norcross Factory is located in Massachusetts
Norcross Factory is located in the United States
Worcester, Massachusetts
42°15′45″N 71°47′26″W / 42.26250°N 71.79056°W / 42.26250; -71.79056
E. Boyden & Son
MPS
80000618
Worcester, Massachusetts
adaptive reuse
Norcross Brothers
H. H. Richardson
National Register of Historic Places
Interstate 290
E. Boyden & Son
Norcross Brothers
National Register of Historic Places listings in eastern Worcester, Massachusetts


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


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