Bancroft Hotel

Bancroft Hotel
Location 50 Franklin Street, Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°15′41″N 71°48′6″W / 42.26139°N 71.80167°W / 42.26139; -71.80167Coordinates: 42°15′41″N 71°48′6″W / 42.26139°N 71.80167°W / 42.26139; -71.80167
Built 1912
Architect Esenwein & Johnson
Architectural style Beaux Arts
MPS Worcester MRA
NRHP Reference # 80000614[1]
Added to NRHP March 5, 1980

The Bancroft Hotel is a historic hotel building which is now an apartment complex at 50 Franklin Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 2016 the building's common areas underwent a complete renovation.

History

Bancroft Hotel Franklin St. Facade seen in a period postcard

The Bancroft Hotel was built by Niagara Falls businessman Frank A. Dudley and operated by the United Hotels Company.[2] It was designed by Buffalo, New York architects Esenwein & Johnson in the Beaux Arts style and was completed in 1912 at a cost of over $1.2 million (equivalent to $29,474,000 in 2015).

The hotel was named for historian and politician George Bancroft. The nine story building has a steel frame, which is faced in brick trimmed with terracotta. In 1925 it was expanded in size by about 1/3 along Portland Street. Built at the height of Worcester's prosperity, it was one of the city's most opulent hotels. It was operated as a hotel until 1964.[3]

The hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

It is currently tied as the 11th tallest building in Worcester.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Receivers Name for Hotel Firm". The New York Times. November 18, 1933. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Bancroft Hotel". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-27.


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