{"nrhp_refnum":"78000472","name":"Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank","other_names":["Consumers Savings Bank"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"316 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.26592070700008,"lon":-71.80161263499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-09-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A six-story commercial bank building of buff brick with limestone trim at the corner of Main and Walnut Streets in Worcester, Massachusetts, designed in 1891 by architect Stephen C. Earle.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant for its architecture and for its continuous role in Worcester's banking history. It is one of few remaining late nineteenth century commercial buildings of its type in downtown Worcester. Its restrained commercial design and buff brick with limestone scheme were early and unusual for the city and were followed in later buildings such as the neighboring Day Building.","narrative":"Standing at the corner of Main and Walnut Streets in Worcester, this six-story bank building was designed in 1891 by local architect Stephen C. Earle. It is faced in buff brick with limestone trim, with a rounded corner bay joining its Main Street and Walnut Street fronts. A wide frieze carrying the bank's name and the date 1891 eases the vertical emphasis, and a modillion cornice crowns the top. The upper windows include paired sash set in arches of molded brick. In 1949 the original plate glass and cast iron storefronts were replaced with limestone matching the existing trim, following the rhythm of the upper floors. The building is one of few late nineteenth century commercial structures left on a much-altered Main Street, opposite Mechanics Hall. Its restrained design was early and unusual for Worcester, and its brick and limestone scheme was echoed by the neighboring Day Building. The bank was incorporated in 1854 and gradually took over the whole building by 1953, and the building remains in banking use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Stephen C. Earle","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Remains in banking use, occupied by the bank that owns it; ground floor storefronts were replaced in 1949 with matching limestone.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.763556-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/28/7972/63797228/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/78000472.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000472/c0dc1c19f0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000472/c0dc1c19f0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Worcester_Five_Cents_Savings_Bank,_Worcester_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Worcester_Five_Cents_Savings_Bank,_Worcester_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63797228","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcester_Five_Cents_Savings_Bank","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8034179"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/worcester-five-cents-savings-bank-78000472/"}