Euclid Avenue-Montrose Street Historic District

Euclid Avenue and Montrose Street climb the steep western slope of Vernon Hill in Worcester, lined with three-decker houses built between about 1910 and 1930. The 4.5-acre district includes 40 residential buildings, a number of garages, and the sign and plaque marking Deedy Square. Twenty-seven of the three-deckers have gambrel roofs and thirteen have gable roofs, mostly in Colonial Revival forms with projecting porches, bay windows, arched openings and shingle or clapboard siding. The hillside setting gave residents views of the city, and streetcar service connected them to jobs. Early owners and tenants were largely Irish, with some Swedish families, and by 1930 Polish and Lithuanian families were also buying homes. Owners and tenants included laborers, carpenters, foremen, policemen and clerks. Although about eighteen buildings have been covered in modern siding, the grouping remains visually cohesive and is regarded as one of Worcester's outstanding three-decker landscapes.