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encompassing a significant concentration of civic and municipal buildings north of the city's downtown area. It is centered on Lincoln Square and Wheaton Square, and includes properties on Main, Salisbury, and Tuckerman Streets. It includes the 1840s Worcester County Courthouse, the War Memorial
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Prior to its institutional uses, this part of Worcester was largely owned by the Salisbury family, whose progenitor, Stephen Salisbury I, opened a store at Lincoln Square in 1772. Salisbury's grandson,
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is included in the district, as is the c. 1890 armory building at 44 Salisbury Street. The district was listed on the
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National Register of Historic Places listings in northwestern Worcester, Massachusetts
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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Properties on Lincoln and Wheaton Squares and on Salisbury and Tuckerman Sts.,
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National Register of Historic Places in Worcester, Massachusetts
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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Institutional District is located in Massachusetts
Institutional District is located in the United States
Worcester, Massachusetts
42°16′20″N 71°48′4″W / 42.27222°N 71.80111°W / 42.27222; -71.80111
MPS
80000554
Worcester, Massachusetts
historic district
Memorial Auditorium
Worcester Art Museum
National Register of Historic Places
Stephen Salisbury III
Salisbury Mansion and Store
Worcester County Courthouse
Ammi B. Young
Stephen C. Earle
Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul
Lucius W. Briggs
Frederic C. Hirons
Frost, Chamberlain & Edwards
Lucius W. Briggs
Stephen C. Earle
Barker & Nourse
Worcester Woman's Club
Josephine Wright
Frost, Briggs & Chamberlain
Fuller & Delano

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