Washburn Square-Leicester Common Historic District

Washburn Square/Leicester Common Historic District
Leicester Unitarian Church
Location Leicester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°14′46″N 71°54′13″W / 42.24611°N 71.90361°W / 42.24611; -71.90361Coordinates: 42°14′46″N 71°54′13″W / 42.24611°N 71.90361°W / 42.24611; -71.90361
Area 21 acres (8.5 ha)
Built 1931
Architect Earle & Fisher; et al.
Architectural style Georgian, Federal
NRHP Reference #

06000062

[1]
Added to NRHP February 22, 2006

The Washburn Square—Leicester Common Historic District encompasses the historic civic heart of Leicester, Massachusetts. It includes Washburn Square, as the town common is called; the buildings along its perimeter; and the properties along Main Street extending east along Main Street to its junction with Henshaw Street. It includes the 1939 Leicester Town Hall, Becker College's 1962 Swan Library, a Victorian Gothic Revival First Congregational Church (a rarity due to its comparatively late construction date, 1901). The south side of Washburn Square (named for Leicester native son Governor Emory Washburn) is lined with stately homes that now are almost all owned by Becker College.[2]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Washburn Square-Leicester Common Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-31.


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