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Worcester County, Massachusetts

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698historic places
—earliest paper
1731formed
862,111pop. 2020
288cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 698 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 7 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Worcester, Southbridge, Uxbridge.

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

470 of 698 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

698 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Abbott Street SchoolWorcesterBuilding1980
Academie BrochuSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Academy Street Educational Historic DistrictFitchburgDistrict2025
Adams, Benjamin, HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Adams, Elwood, StoreWorcesterBuilding1980
Adriatic MillsWorcesterBuilding1980
Ahern, Catherine, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Albee, E., HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Alden, William E., HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Alden-Delahanty BlockSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Aldrich, Daniel, Cottage and SawmillUxbridgeBuilding1983
Aldrich, J., HouseUxbridgeBuilding1984
Aldrich, Nathan C., House and Resthaven ChapelMendonBuilding2006
Aldrich, S., HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Aldrich, W., HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Alexander, Arad, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Allen, Charles, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Allen, Ethan, House and Gun ShopGraftonBuilding1995
American Antiquarian Society NHLWorcesterBuilding1968
American Optical Company Historic DistrictSouthbridgeDistrict2023
Ammidown-Harding FarmhouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Anderson, Ludwig, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Armsby BlockWorcesterBuilding1980
Ash Street SchoolWorcesterBuilding1980
Ashburnham Center Historic DistrictAshburnhamDistrict1999
Ashland Mill TenementSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Ashworth and Jones FactoryWorcesterBuilding1980
Atherton BridgeLancasterStructure1979
Athol High SchoolAtholBuilding2011
Aurora HotelWorcesterBuilding1988
Ayer Main Street Historic DistrictAyerDistrict1989
Babcock BlockWorcesterBuilding1980
Bacon-Morse Historic DistrictSouthbridgeDistrict1989
Baker, Peter, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Baldwinville Village Historic DistrictTempletonDistrict1986
Bancroft HotelWorcesterBuilding1980
Bancroft Memorial LibraryHopedaleBuilding1999
Bancroft TowerWorcesterSite1980
Bank BuildingUxbridgeBuilding1983
Bannister, Emory, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Barker, Richard, Octagon HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Barlin AcresBoylstonBuilding1982
Barnes-Hill HouseSpencerBuilding2016
Barre Common DistrictBarreDistrict1976
Bartlett's BridgeOxfordStructure2000
Barton, Clara, HomesteadOxfordBuilding1977
Battelle, Marion, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Beacon Street FirehouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Beaman Memorial Public LibraryWest BoylstonBuilding2016
Beaver Street Historic DistrictWorcesterDistrict1990
BeechwoodSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Bentley, George, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Berlin Town HallBerlinBuilding2011
Bigelow Carpet Company Woolen MillsClintonBuilding1983
Bigelow Carpet MillClintonBuilding1978
Bigelow Tavern Historic DistrictWest BoylstonDistrict1992
Black TavernDudleyBuilding1985
Black Tavern (Boundary Increase)DudleyBuilding2010
Blackstone CanalNorthbridge and vicinityStructure1973
Blackstone Canal Historic DistrictBlackstoneDistrict1995
Blackstone Manufacturing Company Historic DistrictBlackstoneDistrict1995
Blackstone ViaductBlackstoneStructure2002
Bliss BuildingWorcesterBuilding1980
Blodgett, Lydia, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Bloomingdale FirehouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Bloomingdale SchoolWorcesterBuilding1980
Bolton Center Historic DistrictBoltonDistrict1997
Borden-Pond HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Bostrom, Eric, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Boulevard DinerWorcesterBuilding2000
Bousquet, Henry, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Bowers SchoolClintonBuilding1983
Boyer, Alexis, HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Boynton and WindsorWorcesterBuilding1980
Bradley, J.D.C., HouseSouthboroughBuilding1999
Brightside ApartmentsWorcesterBuilding1980
Brookfield CemeteryBrookfieldSite2003
Brookfield Common Historic DistrictBrookfieldDistrict1990
Brooks, John, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Brown, E., HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Brown-Davis-Frost FarmJeffersonBuilding1995
Building at 25-27 River StreetSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Building at 29-31 River StreetSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Building at 38-42 Worcester StreetSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Building at 52 Main StreetSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Bullard HouseBerlinBuilding2011
Butler BlockUxbridgeBuilding1983
Calvinistic Congregational ChurchFitchburgBuilding1979
Cambridge Grant Historic DistrictAshburnhamDistrict2001
Cambridge Street FirehouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Cambridge Street SchoolWorcesterBuilding1980
Camp AtwaterNorth BrookfieldBuilding1982
Carlson, Eric, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Carpenter, George, HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Castle Street RowWorcesterBuilding1980
Castle Street Row-Boundary IncreaseWorcesterBuilding2001
Cathedral of St. PaulWorcesterBuilding1980
Center Village DistrictLancasterDistrict1977
Central Mills Historic DistrictSouthbridgeDistrict1989
Central Street Historic DistrictMillvilleDistrict2003
Central Woolen Mills DistrictUxbridgeDistrict1984
Centre Village Historic DistrictSouthbridgeDistrict1979
Chadwick Square DinerWorcesterBuilding2003
Chadwick-Brittan HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Chamberlain, Charles, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Chamberlain-Bordeau HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Chamberlain-Flagg HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Chapin BlockSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Chapin, A., HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Charlton Center Historic DistrictCharltonDistrict1995
Cheney, Alpha M., HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Cheney, J. M., Rental HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Chestnut Hill MeetinghouseMillvilleBuilding1984
Clapp, George, HouseGraftonBuilding1997
Clark UniversityWorcesterBuilding1980
Clarke-Glover FarmhouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Cliff CottageSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Clinton Wire Cloth Company Historic DistrictClintonBuilding2024
Cluett Peabody & CompanyLeominsterBuilding1989
Cobb, George, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Cole, E. Merritt, HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Colton's BlockWorcesterBuilding1980
Comins-Wall HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Congregational ChurchSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Cook, A. E., HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Copeland, Samuel, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Corcoran SchoolClintonBuilding2000
Corner LunchWorcesterBuilding2000
Crabtree, Thomas, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Crawford, Elias, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Crocker Field Historic DistrictFitchburgDistrict2001
Crompton Loom WorksWorcesterBuilding1980
Crossman BridgeWarrenStructure2010
Crystal Street Historic DistrictWorcesterDistrict1990
Cummings, E. B., HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Dale and Ethan Allen Streets Historic DistrictWorcesterDistrict2019
Dana Common Historic and Archaeological DistrictPetershamDistrict2013
Dani and Soldani Cabinet Makers and Wood Workers FactorySouthbridgeBuilding1989
Daniel Holbrook Sr. HouseNorthhboroughBuilding2026
Daniels, Frederick, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Dartmouth Street SchoolWorcesterBuilding1980
Davis, Isaac, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Davis, Joseph, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Davis, Rodney, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Davis, Wesley, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Day BuildingWorcesterBuilding1978
Dean, Frank L. and Mabel H., HouseWorcesterBuilding2002
Dean, Mary, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Deane, Francis, CottageUxbridgeBuilding1983
Delsignore, Louis, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Dennison School HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Dewey Francis, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
District Five SchoolhouseWebsterBuilding1991
District No. 4 SchoolPetershamBuilding2016
District No. 5 SchoolShrewsburyBuilding2013
District No. 5 SchoolPetershamBuilding2016
Dodge Block and Sawyer Building, Bancroft Trust BuildingWorcesterBuilding2002
Dodge, Helen, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Doran, Thomas F., Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Dowley-Taylor HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Downing Street SchoolWorcesterBuilding1980
Downtown Clinton Historic DistrictClintonDistrict1985
Drake, Frances H. and Jonathan, HouseLeominsterBuilding2008
Dresser, Sylvester, HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Drew, Elvira, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Duck MillFitchburgBuilding1985
Dudley Hill Historic DistrictDudleyDistrict2019
Duke, Philip, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Dunbar-Vinton HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Duprey BuildingWorcesterBuilding2019
Durfee, Henry E., FarmhouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Dworman, David, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Eagleville Historic DistrictHoldenDistrict2010
Earl Company FactoryLeominsterBuilding2025
East Blackstone Friends MeetinghouseBlackstoneBuilding1995
East Blackstone Village Historic DistrictBlackstoneDistrict1995
East End Historic DistrictBoltonDistrict2025
East Main Street-Cherry Street Historic DistrictSpencerDistrict1996
East Main-Cherry Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)SpencerDistrict2003
East Princeton Village Historic DistrictPrincetonDistrict2004
East Worcester School-Norcross FactoryWorcesterBuilding1980
Eastwood Cemetery (Additional Documentation)LancasterDistrict2024
Eddy BlockWebsterBuilding1980
Elizabeth Street SchoolWorcesterBuilding1980
Elm Hill Farm Historic DistrictBrookfieldDistrict1991
Elm ParkWorcesterStructure1970
Elm Street Fire HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Elm Street Fire StationGardnerBuilding1980
Elm Street Historic DistrictWorcesterDistrict1990
Emmanuel BaptistWorcesterBuilding1980
English High SchoolWorcesterBuilding1980
Enterprise BuildingWorcesterBuilding1980
Erikson, Knut, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Euclid Avenue-Montrose Street Historic DistrictWorcesterDistrict1990
Evangelical Free ChurchSouthbridgeBuilding1989
FairlawnWorcesterBuilding1980
Farnum BlockUxbridgeBuilding1983
Farnum's Gate Historic DistrictBlackstoneDistrict1995
Farnum, Coronet John, HouseUxbridgeBuilding1980
Farnum, Moses, HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Farnum, R., HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Farnum, William and Mary, HouseUxbridgeBuilding1984
Farnumsville Historic DistrictGraftonDistrict1996
Fay ClubFitchburgBuilding1978
Fay Street Historic DistrictWorcesterDistrict1990
Felton Street SchoolHudsonBuilding1986
Fernside-Vacation House for Working GirlsPrincetonBuilding2002
First Baptist Church of NorthboroughNorthboroughBuilding2016
First Church of Christ, Lancaster NHLLancasterBuilding1970
First Methodist ChurchClintonBuilding1990
First Minister's HouseGardnerBuilding1979
First Presbyterian Society Meeting HouseMillburyBuilding2010
Fisher, Nathan, HouseWestboroughBuilding1980
Fisherville Historic DistrictGraftonDistrict1996
Fitch, C.H., HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Fitchburg Historical SocietyFitchburgBuilding2003
Fitchburg Yarn MillFitchburgBuilding2016
Flagg, Amos, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Flagg, Benjamin, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Flagg, Levi, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Fobes-O'Donnell HouseOakhamBuilding2018
Fontaine, George, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Forbes, William Trowbridge, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Forest Hill CottageWorcesterBuilding1980
Foster, Jedediah, HomesiteWest BrookfieldSite2013
Founder's HallLancasterBuilding1980
Four Corners-Goodnow Farm Historic DistrictPrincetonDistrict2015
Freegrace Marble Farm Historic DistrictSuttonDistrict1989
Freeland Street SchoolWorcesterBuilding1980
Friberg, Andrew, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Friends MeetinghouseUxbridgeBuilding1974
Fruitlands NHLHarvardDistrict1974
Fruitlands Museums Historic DistrictHarvardDistrict1997
G.A.R. HallWorcesterBuilding1975
Gabriel, George, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Gale, George, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Garbose BuildingGardnerBuilding1983
Gardner News BuildingGardnerBuilding1979
Gardner Uptown Historic DistrictGardnerDistrict1999
Gay FarmPetershamBuilding1977
Gay, Rev. Samuel, HouseHubbardstonBuilding1997
Giguere, Thomas, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Gilbertville Historic DistrictHardwickDistrict1991
Gillon BlockMilfordBuilding1982
Gilman BlockWorcesterBuilding2000
Gleason, James, CottageSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Globe Village Fire HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Glover Street Historic DistrictSouthbridgeDistrict1989
Goddard HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Goddard Rocket Launching Site NHLAuburnSite1966
Goddard, Harry, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Goldberg BuildingWorcesterBuilding2007
Gough, John B., House NHLBoylstonBuilding1974
Goulding, Henry, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Goulding, W.H., HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Grafton Common Historic DistrictGraftonDistrict1988
Grafton InnGraftonBuilding1980
Grafton Street SchoolWorcesterBuilding1980
Granite StoreUxbridgeBuilding1983
Green Hill Park ShelterWorcesterStructure1980
Greendale Branch LibraryWorcesterBuilding1980
Greendale Village Improvement Society BuildingWorcesterBuilding1976
Grove Street SchoolSpencerBuilding1996
Gullberg, Evert, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Hadley Furniture Company BuildingWorcesterBuilding2011
Hadley, Gilbert, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Hall, Charles A., Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Hall, S.A., HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Hamilton Mill Brick HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Hamilton Mill-West Street Factory HousingSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Hamilton Millwright-Agent's HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Hamilton Woolen Company Historic DistrictSouthbridgeDistrict1989
Hammond HeightsWorcesterDistrict1980
Hammond Organ FactoryWorcesterBuilding1980
Harding-Winter Street Manufacturing DistrictWorcesterDistrict1980
Hardwick Village Historic DistrictHardwickDistrict1991
Harrington, Theodore, HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Harris-Merrick HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Hartwell, George H., HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Hartwell, Samuel C., HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Harvard Center Historic DistrictHarvardDistrict1997
Harvard Shaker Village Historic DistrictHarvardDistrict1989
Hassanamisco Reservation (Additional Documentation)GraftonSite2011
Hastings, Stephen, HouseSterlingBuilding2005
Hastins, John, CottageWorcesterBuilding1980
Hayward MillDouglasDistrict1991
Hayward, William, HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Heywood, Levi, Memorial Library BuildingGardnerBuilding1979
Heywood-Wakefield Company ComplexGardnerBuilding1983
Higgins Armory MuseumWorcesterBuilding1980
Higgins, Aldus Chapin, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
High-School Streets Historic DistrictSouthbridgeDistrict1989
Hirst, Samuel, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Hobbs, Marcus, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Hodgson, William, Two-Family HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Hogg, William, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Holbrook, Sylvanus, HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Holden Center Historic DistrictHoldenDistrict1977
Holden Center Historic District (Boundary Increase)HoldenDistrict1995
Holland-Towne HousePetershamBuilding1990
Holy Cross CollegeWorcesterBuilding1980
Holy Name of Jesus ComplexWorcesterBuilding1988
Hope CemeteryWorcesterSite1997
Hopedale Village Historic DistrictHopedaleDistrict2002
Houghton Street Historic DistrictWorcesterDistrict1990
House at 18 Walnut StreetSouthbridgeBuilding1989
House at 3 Dean StreetSouthbridgeBuilding1989
House at 34 Benefit StreetSouthbridgeBuilding1989
House at 59-63 Crystal StreetSouthbridgeBuilding1989
House at 64 Main StreetSouthbridgeBuilding1989
House at 70-72 Main StreetSouthbridgeBuilding1989
House at 91 Coombs StreetSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Hubbard-Dawson HouseHoldenBuilding1995
Hubbardston Public LibraryHubbardstonBuilding1998
Hubbardston Town Common Historic DistrictHubbardstonDistrict2000
Hudson HouseOxfordBuilding1978
Huguenot FortOxfordSite1988
Hunt, Daniel, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Hunt, David, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
I00F BuildingWorcesterBuilding1980
Indian Cemetery, OldWest BrookfieldSite2006
Indian Hill SchoolWorcesterBuilding2022
Indian Hill-North VillageWorcesterDistrict1980
Ingleside Avenue Historic DistrictWorcesterDistrict1990
Ingraham, Harry B., Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Institutional DistrictWorcesterDistrict1980
Ironstone Mill Housing and Cellar HoleUxbridgeBuilding1983
J. R. Torrey Razor Co. and J. R. Torrey & Co. Manufacturing FacilityWorcesterBuilding2024
Jenckes, E. N., StoreDouglasBuilding1988
Jewett Piano Company BuildingLeominsterBuilding2019
Johnson, Edwin, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Johnson, John and Edward, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Johnson, John, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Johnson, Paul, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Judson-Litchfield HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Judson-Taft HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Junction Shop and Herman Street District (Additional Documentation)WorcesterDistrict1980
Kaller, Erick, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Kaller, Erick, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Katz and Leavitt Apartment HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Kensely, J., HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Kinney, A., HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
KnollwoodWorcesterDistrict1980
Knowles, Lucius, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Knowlton Hat FactoryUptonBuilding1982
LaCroix-Mosher HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
LaRochelle, Napoleon, Two-Family HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Lake Street Fire StationGardnerBuilding1980
Lancaster Industrial School for GirlsLancasterDistrict1976
Lancaster MillsClintonDistrict2010
Lane, Anthony, HouseLancasterBuilding1976
LarchmontWorcesterBuilding1980
Larson, Swan, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Legg, John, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Leominster High SchoolLeominsterBuilding2021
Levenson, Morris, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Liberty Farm NHLWorcesterBuilding1974
Lincoln Estate-Elm Park Historic DistrictWorcesterDistrict1980
Lincoln, Gov. Levi, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Linwood Historic DistrictNorthbridgeDistrict1989
Lothrop, Joseph, HouseShrewsburyBuilding1980
Lower Pleasant Street DistrictWorcesterDistrict1980
Lumb, Thomas, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Lumb, Thomas, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Lundberg, Charles, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Lunenburg Historic DistrictLunenburgDistrict1988
Lyman School for BoysWestboroughDistrict1994
Magnuson, Charles, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Main Street Historic DistrictMillvilleDistrict2006
Main Street Historic DistrictWebsterDistrict1982
Main Street and Murray Avenue Historic DistrictWorcesterDistrict2022
Main and Franklin Streets Historic DistrictWorcesterDistrict2022
Malvern Road SchoolWorcesterBuilding1984
Manchaug Village Historic DistrictSuttonDistrict2018
Manning-Ball HouseJeffersonBuilding1995
Maple Street Historic DistrictSouthbridgeDistrict1989
Maples CottageWestboroughBuilding1980
Marble, Jerome, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Marcy, Mrs. R., HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Mark, John, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Marlborough Brook Filter BedsMarlboroughStructure1990
Marsh, Alexander, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Mary E. Wells SchoolSouthbridgeBuilding2023
Masonic TempleWorcesterBuilding1980
Massachusetts Avenue Historic DistrictWorcesterDistrict1971
Massad, Anthony, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Matthews Fulling Mill SiteNorth BrookfieldSite1975
May Street Historic DistrictWorcesterDistrict1980
McCafferty, Elizabeth, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
McCarron, Andrew, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
McDermott, John B., Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
McFarland, William, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
McGrath, Patrick, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
McGuinness, Patrick, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
McKinstry, William, FarmhouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
McKinstry, William, Jr., HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
McPartland, Frank, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
McPartland, James, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Mechanics HallWorcesterBuilding1972
Mechanics' Hall DistrictWorcesterDistrict1980
Memorial HallMilfordBuilding1985
Mendon Center Historic DistrictMendonDistrict2003
Merrill Double HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Middle CemeteryLancasterSite2019
Miles, Charles, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Milford Town HallMilfordBuilding1977
Miss Toy Town DinerGardnerBuilding2003
Miss Worcester DinerWorcesterBuilding2003
Mission ChapelWorcesterBuilding1980
MontvaleWorcesterDistrict1980
Monument Park Historic DistrictFitchburgDistrict1978
Monument Square Historic DistrictLeominsterDistrict1982
Moore State Park Historic DistrictPaxtonDistrict2004
Moore, Jesse, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Moran Square Historic DistrictFitchburgDistrict2018
Morse, H., HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Mount Vernon CemeteryWest BoylstonSite2008
Munroe, Sarah, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Murdock SchoolWinchendonBuilding1988
Murphy, Patrick, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Nelson, Christina, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
New York, New Haven & Hartford Passenger DepotSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Newton, Azariah, HouseMilfordBuilding1999
Newton, Charles, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Newton, S.D., HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
No. 4 SchoolhouseBarreBuilding1988
Norcross Brothers HousesWorcesterBuilding1980
North Avenue Rural Historic DistrictMendonDistrict2003
North Brookfield Town HouseNorth BrookfieldBuilding2001
North Burial Ground (Additional Documentation)LancasterSite2024
North Uxbridge SchoolUxbridgeBuilding1983
North Village CemeteryLancasterSite2024
North Village Historic DistrictLancasterDistrict1977
North Worcester Aid SocietyWorcesterBuilding1980
Northside Village Historic DistrictCharltonDistrict1977
Notre Dame Catholic ChurchSouthbridgeBuilding1989
O'Brien, Richard, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
O'Connor, James, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
O'Connor, James-John Trybowski Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Oakdale Village Historic DistrictWest BoylstonDistrict1996
Oakes, J. J., HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Oakham Center Historic DistrictOakhamDistrict2020
Odd Fellows' HomeWorcesterBuilding1980
Old Centre Historic DistrictWinchendonDistrict1987
Old Common Burial GroundLancasterSite2024
Old Douglas Center Historic DistrictDouglasDistrict2001
Old Settlers' Burying GroundLancasterSite2019
Old State Mutual BuildingWorcesterBuilding1980
Old Stone ChurchWest BoylstonBuilding1973
Old Town HallAtholBuilding1987
Olney Cook Artisan ShopMendonBuilding2019
Osgood Bradley BuildingWorcesterBuilding2018
Oxford Main Street Historic DistrictOxfordDistrict2011
Oxford-Crown Extension DistrictWorcesterDistrict1980
Oxford-Crown Historic DistrictWorcesterDistrict1976
Paddock FarmHoldenBuilding1996
Paine, Timothy, HouseWorcesterBuilding1976
Pan Burying GroundBoltonSite2007
Pan Historic DistrictBoltonDistrict2018
Park BuildingWorcesterBuilding1980
Parkhill MillFitchburgBuilding2008
Partridge, Jabez, HomesteadGardnerBuilding1979
Pequoig HotelAtholBuilding1978
Perry Avenue Historic DistrictWorcesterDistrict1990
Petersham Common Historic DistrictPetershamDistrict1982
Petterson, Lars-Adolph Carlson Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Petterson, Lars-Fred Gurney Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Petterson, Lars-Silas Archer Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Petterson,Lars-James Reidy Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Phillips, E. M., HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Phillipston Center Historic DistrictPhillipstonDistrict1999
Pierce, Sylvester K., HouseGardnerBuilding2022
Pilgrim Congregational ChurchWorcesterBuilding1980
Pine Grove CemeteryLeominsterSite2008
Pleasant Street FirehouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Pleasant Street SchoolSpencerBuilding1996
Plimpton, Simon, FarmhouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Poli's Palace TheaterWorcesterBuilding2011
Ponakin BridgeLancasterStructure1979
Prentiss, Addison, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Prescott Town HousePetershamBuilding1989
Princeton Center Historic DistrictPrincetonDistrict1999
Princeton Center Historic District (Boundary Increase)PrincetonDistrict2006
Printers Building, TheWorcesterBuilding2020
Prospect Heights Historic DistrictMilfordDistrict1990
Providence Street FirehouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Providence Street Historic DistrictWorcesterDistrict1990
Provost, Arthur, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Putnam, Gen. Rufus, House NHLRutlandBuilding1972
Putnam, Otis, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Quinepoxet River BridgeWest BoylstonStructure1990
Quinsigamond Branch LibraryWorcesterBuilding1980
Quinsigamond FirehouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Raymond, Tilley, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Reed, Frank, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Rice, Ezra, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Richard, Stephen, HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Richardson, Dexter, HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Richardson, Joseph, HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Richmond, Willard, Apartment BlockWorcesterBuilding1985
Rider TavernCharltonBuilding1976
Ridyard, Albert, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Ridyard, B. E., Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Riordan, John, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Rivulet Mill ComplexUxbridgeBuilding1983
Rock Castle SchoolWebsterBuilding1989
Rockdale Common Housing DistrictNorthbridgeDistrict1983
Rogers HouseHoldenBuilding1982
Rogerson's Village Historic DistrictNorth UxbridgeDistrict1971
Royalston Common Historic DistrictRoyalstonDistrict1976
Roynane, Catharine, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Ruggles, Draper, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Rural Glen CemeteryHubbardstonSite2020
Russell Corner Historic DistrictPrincetonDistrict2006
Russell, TheWorcesterBuilding1985
Sacred Heart Church Historic DistrictSouthbridgeDistrict1989
Safety Fund National BankFitchburgBuilding2009
Saint Joseph's Home for Working GirlsWorcesterBuilding2021
Salisbury Factory BuildingWorcesterBuilding1980
Salisbury Factory BuildingWorcesterBuilding1980
Salisbury HouseWorcesterBuilding1975
Salisbury Mansion and StoreWorcesterBuilding1975
Sawyer HomesteadSterlingBuilding2000
Sayles, Richard, HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Schofield, James, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Searles Hill CemeteryPhillipstonSite2011
Shaarai Torah SynagogueWorcesterBuilding1990
Shattuck, Moody, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Shea, Bridget, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Shrewsbury Historic DistrictShrewsburyDistrict1976
Shumway BlockWebsterBuilding1980
Simpson, Clara, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Slater BuildingWorcesterBuilding1980
Smith, Ellen M., Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Smith, Elliot, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Smith, F.W., Silver CompanyGardnerBuilding1979
Smith-Lyon FarmhouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Smith-Thaxter-Merrifield HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Soho CottageWorcesterBuilding1980
South Lancaster Engine HouseSouth LancasterBuilding1976
South Union SchoolSouthboroughBuilding2011
South UnitarianWorcesterBuilding1980
South Worcester Branch LibraryWorcesterBuilding1980
Southborough Center Historic DistrictSouthboroughDistrict2021
Southbridge Town HallSouthbridgeBuilding1987
Southbridge-Sargent Manufacturing DistrictWorcesterDistrict1980
Southwick, Elisha, HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Southwick, Israel, HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Southwick-Daniels FarmBlackstoneDistrict1995
Spaulding BlockWebsterBuilding1980
Spencer Town Center Historic DistrictSpencerDistrict1986
Spencer Town Center Historic District (Boundary Increase)SpencerDistrict2003
Spurr, John, HouseCharltonBuilding1976
St. George's Greek Orthodox ChurchSouthbridgeBuilding1989
St. John`s Catholic ChurchWorcesterBuilding1980
St. MarksWorcesterBuilding1980
St. MatthewsWorcesterBuilding1980
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church-St. Mary's SchoolSouthbridgeBuilding1989
St. Peters Catholic ChurchWorcesterBuilding1980
Stark, Edward, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Sterling Center Historic DistrictSterlingDistrict1988
Stevens Linen Works Historic DistrictDudleyDistrict2010
Stevens' BuildingWorcesterBuilding1980
Stevens, Daniel, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Still River Baptist ChurchHarvardBuilding1996
Stoliker, Edna, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Stone, Edward, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Stone, Joseph, HouseAuburnBuilding1986
Stone, Lorenzo R., HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Stone, Lucy, Home SiteWest BrookfieldSite2021
Stony FarmHoldenBuilding1995
Sturbridge Common Historic DistrictSturbridgeDistrict1977
Sturtevant, Leonard, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Sumner, George, HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Sutton Center Historic DistrictSuttonDistrict2001
Swift, D. Wheeler, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Taft Brothers BlockUxbridgeBuilding1983
Taft, Aaron, HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Taft, Bazaleel, Jr., House and Law OfficeUxbridgeBuilding1983
Taft, George, HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Taft, Hon. Bazaleel, HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Taft, Moses, HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Taft, Samuel, HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Taft, Zadock, HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Tantiusques ReservationSturbridgeSite1983
Tapin, Eugene, HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Ted's DinerMilfordBuilding2000
Templeton Common Historic DistrictTempletonDistrict1983
Templeton Farm ColonyTempletonDistrict1994
Thayer, Benjamin, HouseBlackstoneBuilding2009
Thayer, Nathaniel, EstateLancasterBuilding1976
Thom BlockMilfordBuilding1983
Thompson SchoolWebsterBuilding1989
Thomson, C.R., House and BarnUxbridgeBuilding1983
Thule-Plummer BuildingsWorcesterBuilding2011
Tiffany-Leonard HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Tobin's Beach SiteBrookfieldSite
Tobin's Beach Site (Boundary Increase)BrookfieldSite2018
Tower, Horatio, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Troupes, John, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Tuttle Square SchoolAuburnBuilding2002
Twinehurst American Optical Company NeighborhoodSouthbridgeDistrict1989
U.S. Post Office and CourthouseWorcesterBuilding2011
US Post Office-Millbury MainMillburyBuilding1987
US Post Office-Whitinsville MainNorthbridgeBuilding1987
Union Congregational ChurchWorcesterBuilding1980
Union StationWorcesterBuilding1980
Upper Chapin Street Historic DistrictSouthbridgeDistrict1989
Upsala Street SchoolWorcesterBuilding1980
Upton Center Historic DistrictUptonDistrict2015
Upton State Forest-Civilian Conservation Corps Resources Historic DistrictUptonDistrict2014
Upton Town HallUptonBuilding1999
Uxbridge Common DistrictUxbridgeDistrict1984
Uxbridge Passenger DepotUxbridgeBuilding1983
Uxbridge Town HallUxbridgeBuilding1983
Vendome, The, and the St. IvesWorcesterBuilding1990
View Street Historic DistrictWorcesterDistrict1990
Vinton-Boardman FarmhouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Vinton-Torrey HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Vintonville Historic DistrictWestboroughDistrict2006
W. S. Reed Toy Company-Wachusett Shirt Company Historic DistrictLeominsterDistrict2021
WCIS BankWorcesterBuilding1980
Wachusett Aqueduct Linear DistrictClintonDistrict1990
Wachusett Dam Historic DistrictClintonDistrict1990
Wachusett Shirt CompanyLeominsterBuilding1982
Waldo Street Police StationWorcesterBuilding1980
Ward Street School-Millbury StreetWorcesterBuilding1980
Ward, Gen. Artemas, HomesteadShrewsburyBuilding1976
Warren First Congregational Church-Federated ChurchWarrenBuilding2004
Warren Public LibraryWarrenBuilding2000
Warren Town HallWarrenBuilding2001
Warren, Frederick Fiske and Gretchen Osgood, HouseHarvardBuilding1996
Warren, Jonah, HouseWestboroughBuilding1998
Washburn Square-Leicester Common Historic District (Additional Documentation)LeicesterDistrict2006
Washburn and Moen North Works DistrictWorcesterDistrict1980
Waters FarmSuttonBuilding1985
Waters, Asa, MansionMillburyBuilding1978
Waucantuck Mill ComplexUxbridgeBuilding1984
Webster Municipal Buildings Historic DistrictWebsterDistrict2012
Webster Street FirehouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Wellington Piano Case Company BuildingLeominsterBuilding1984
Wellington Street Apartment House DistrictWorcesterDistrict1980
Wells, George B. and Ruth D., HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Wells, H. C., Double HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Wells, John M., HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Wescott, John, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990
Wesson, Franklin, HouseWorcesterBuilding1980
West Brick SchoolOakhamBuilding2011
West Brookfield Center Historic DistrictWest BrookfieldDistrict1990
West Brookfield Center Historic District (Boundary Increase)West BrookfieldDistrict2006
West Gardner Square Historic DistrictGardnerDistrict1985
West Main Street Historic DistrictWestboroughDistrict1987
West Main Street Historic District (Boundary Increase II)WestboroughDistrict2006
West Main Street Historic District (Boundary Increase III)WestboroughDistrict2009
West Main Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)WestboroughDistrict1990
West Sutton Historic DistrictSuttonDistrict2001
West Village Historic DistrictPrincetonDistrict2009
Westborough State HospitalWestboroughDistrict1994
Westminster Village-Academy Hill Historic DistrictWestminsterDistrict1983
Wheeler, Albert H., HouseSouthbridgeBuilding1989
Wheelockville DistrictUxbridgeDistrict1984
Whipple, A., HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Whitcomb HouseWorcesterBuilding1977
Whitcomb Inn and FarmBoltonBuilding2002
Whitcomb MansionWorcesterBuilding1980
White Homestead-Salem Cross InnWest BrookfieldBuilding1975
Whitinsville Historic DistrictNorthbridgeDistrict1983
Whitmore, Enoch, HouseAshburnhamBuilding2008
Whitney & CompanyLeominsterBuilding1989
Whitney TavernTempleton and GardnerBuilding1996
Whitney, F. A., Carriage Company Complex Historic DistrictLeominsterDistrict1988
Whittall MillsWorcesterDistrict1980
Wickaboag Valley Historic DistrictWest BrookfieldDistrict2000
Wight, Oliver, HouseSturbridgeBuilding1982
Willard House and Clock MuseumGraftonBuilding1982
Willard-Fisk HouseHoldenBuilding1996
Williams, N., HouseUxbridgeBuilding1983
Winchendon Village Historic DistrictWinchendonDistrict1993
Windsor Court Historic DistrictSouthbridgeDistrict1989
Wood, Ahijah, HouseWestminsterBuilding1987
Wood, Ezra-Levi Warner PlaceWestminsterBuilding1983
Wood, Nathan, HouseWestminsterBuilding1987
Woodford Street Historic DistrictWorcesterDistrict1990
Woodland Street FirehouseWorcesterBuilding1980
Woodland Street Historic DistrictWorcesterDistrict1980
Woodlawn CemeteryClintonSite2013
Worcester AcademyWorcesterDistrict1980
Worcester Asylum and related buildingsWorcesterBuilding1980
Worcester Bleach and Dye WorksWorcesterBuilding2000
Worcester City Hall and CommonWorcesterBuilding1978
Worcester Corset Company FactoryWorcesterBuilding1984
Worcester County CourthouseWorcesterBuilding2021
Worcester Five Cents Savings BankWorcesterBuilding1978
Worcester Market BuildingWorcesterBuilding1980
Worcester State Hospital FarmhouseWorcesterBuilding2017
Worcester Young Women's Christian AssociationWorcesterBuilding2023
YWCA of WorcesterWorcesterBuilding2022
Zemaitis, Anthony, Three-DeckerWorcesterBuilding1990

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Worcester was formed in 1731 (1731-07-10) from Hampshire, Middlesex, Suffolk.

WORCESTER created from HAMPSHIRE, MIDDLESEX, and SUFFOLK; WORCESTER included the town of Woodstock in Connecticut.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Worcester County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

862k459k57k179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
56,80761,19273,62595,313159,659226,897346,958455,135504,470546,401583,228646,352750,963862,111

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

288 cemeteries and 16 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 288 listed
NameLatLon
Adams Cemetery42.38358-72.11478
Albee Cemetery42.04189-71.59814
Aldrich CemeteryNoneNone
All Faiths Cemetery and Crematory42.22896-71.82982
Almshouse Cemetery42.01656-71.59714
Armsby Cemetery42.15219-71.73137
Baptist Common Cemetery42.58085-72.072
Bassett Cemetery42.08153-71.59658
Bay Path Cemetery42.13072-71.96856
Beaman Cemetery42.36514-71.78049
Bellevue Cemetery42.49611-71.6047
Blackmer Cemetery42.05179-71.98134
Blackstone Cemetery42.02303-71.54573
Bnai Brith Cemetery42.24068-71.82576
Bolton Pan Cemetery42.43064-71.58784
Bradish Cemetery42.19968-71.6119
Brick Tavern Cemetery42.52176-71.64674
Brookfield Cemetery42.21705-72.11323
Buckminster Cemetery42.41207-72.10802
Buffum CemeteryNoneNone
Caldwell Cemetery42.41048-72.08152
Calvary Cemetery42.68009-72.03102
Calvary Cemetery42.58424-72.21146
Center Burial Ground42.19397-71.83684
Center Cemetery42.6718-72.18808
Center Cemetery42.49955-71.58394
Central Cemetery42.19405-71.76768
Chestnut Hill Cemetery42.62969-72.20367
Chestnut Hill Meeting House Cemetery42.0452-71.57843
Chocksett Burial Ground42.43713-71.75552
Clark Cemetery42.48422-71.95875
Coldbrook Cemetery42.3949-72.05392
Cookshire Cemetery42.41099-71.77322
Coolidge Cemetery42.46704-72.20189
Cooper Road Cemetery42.1436-71.66402
Corbin Cemetery42.05523-71.92807
Cotter Cemetery42.27719-72.114
Crystal Lake Cemetery42.58443-71.99507
Daniel's Cemetery42.08081-71.59698
Darling Cemetery42.03496-71.60081
Dodge Cemetery42.1574-71.70068
Dodge CemeteryNoneNone
Douglas Center Cemetery42.05416-71.73831
Dresser Cemetery42.09502-71.97883
Dwinell Cemetery42.19912-71.79436
East Street Cemetery42.49106-72.17478
Eastwood Cemetery42.4409-71.65412
Eastwood Cemetery42.44008-71.64951
Ellinwood Cemetery42.55899-72.21438
Elm Street CemeteryNoneNone
Evergreen Cemetery42.07123-71.72749
Evergreen Cemetery42.53457-71.74785
Evergreen Cemetery42.2298-72.04107
Evergreen Cemetery42.31561-72.09717
Evergreen Cemetery42.54369-71.74396
Fairbanks Cemetery42.41532-71.73195
Fairbanks Cemetery42.63596-71.92385
Fairview Cemetery42.16675-71.6709
Fay Cemetery42.54657-72.23639
Forest Hill Cemetery42.56814-71.8098
Forest Hill Cemetery42.47676-72.03605
Fort Devens Cemetery42.52872-71.62203
Friendly Hassanamiscos Burial Ground42.2115-71.69165
Friends Cemetery42.10426-71.54701
Friends Cemetery42.13023-71.63541
Friends Cemetery42.13028-71.63541
Friends' Burial Ground42.41338-71.61775
Gaskill Cemetery42.10612-71.53956
Gaskill Family CemeteryNoneNone
George Cemetery42.10482-71.54701
Glen Valley Cemetery42.42003-72.09276
Goose Hill Cemetery42.39952-71.99141
Gore Cemetery42.18754-71.9053
Grafton State Hospital Memorial Cemetery42.25193-71.68535
Green Bower Cemetery42.55564-71.98563
Green Hollow Cemetery42.35536-72.02408
Greenlawn Cemetery42.61148-72.07115
Greenville Cemetery42.20417-71.91729
Grove Cemetery42.35438-71.86716
Harvard Center Cemetery42.49974-71.5839
Historical populated places — 16 of 16
NameLatLon
Community Park42.11537-71.90785
Dana42.43342-72.26619
Duck Harbor42.41565-71.68896
Fullerville42.42676-71.68424
Greenwich42.35842-72.29619
Greenwich Village42.38342-72.27453
Jamesville42.22926-71.84868
Merino Village42.04982-71.88841
New Worcester42.24843-71.83868
North Dana42.45564-72.27869
Northville42.29315-71.80924
Snellville42.11537-72.09897
Trowbridgeville42.24509-71.83757
Tufts Village42.07843-71.93785
Union Chapel42.18426-72.03341
Valley Falls42.23982-71.85563

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

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