{"nrhp_refnum":"00001342","name":"Gilman Block","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"207-219 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.26775238000005,"lon":-71.80036016799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-11-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Community Planning and Development","European"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story brick commercial block at 207-219 Main Street in downtown Worcester, Massachusetts, built in 1896 to designs by Cutting, Carleton & Cutting and constructed by J. W. Bishop & Company.","why_significant":"It is a well-preserved, high-quality example of late 19th century Classical Revival commercial architecture with Romanesque Revival details. It reflects the rebuilding of Main Street during Worcester's industrial boom. It also served in the early 20th century as a meeting place for Swedish-Finnish and Danish church congregations.","narrative":"Built in 1896 on the east side of Main Street in downtown Worcester, this four-story brick block was designed by the local firm Cutting, Carleton & Cutting for Moses D. Gilman. Its main facade follows Classical Revival models, with buff brick laid to suggest rusticated stone, limestone trim, a copper cornice and a band of Romanesque-style arched windows on the fourth floor. It was first built for the Rogers-Young Company, a bakery and confectionery business, and later held a mix of shops, offices and other tenants. In the early 1900s three immigrant congregations, two Swedish-Finnish and one Danish, held services there. It was one of the first Classical Revival buildings in downtown Worcester and reflects the city's commercial growth between about 1890 and 1917. Today it is the only building left on its stretch of Main Street, with nightclubs on the ground floor and vacant upper floors.","period_of_significance":"1896-1950","architect_builder":"Cutting, Carleton & Cutting, architects, Worcester; J. W. Bishop & Company, builders, Worcester","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals/Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Ground floor storefronts house nightclubs; the upper floors are currently vacant. The building is the only one left standing on its block of Main Street, surrounded by a surface parking lot.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.997851-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/38/7972/63797238/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/00001342.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001342/9e7424efaf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001342/9e7424efaf-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GilmanBlockWorcester.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GilmanBlockWorcester.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63797238","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilman_Block","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5562465"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/gilman-block-00001342/"}