Built 1912 NRHP Reference # 80000614 Architectural style Beaux-Arts architecture Architect Esenwein & Johnson | MPS Worcester MRA Opened 1912 Added to NRHP 5 March 1980 | |
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Location 50 Franklin Street, Worcester, Massachusetts Similar Sky Mark Tower, Bancroft Tower, Union Station, Mechanics Hall, Wachusett Reservoir | ||
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The Bancroft Hotel is a historic hotel building which is now an apartment complex at 50 Franklin Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 2016 the building's common areas underwent a complete renovation.
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History
The Bancroft Hotel was built by Niagara Falls businessman Frank A. Dudley and operated by the United Hotels Company. It was designed by Buffalo, New York architects Esenwein & Johnson in the Beaux Arts style and was completed in 1912 at a cost of over $1.2 million (equivalent to $29,781,000 in 2016).
The hotel was named for historian and politician George Bancroft. The nine story building has a steel frame, which is faced in brick trimmed with terracotta. In 1925 it was expanded in size by about 1/3 along Portland Street. Built at the height of Worcester's prosperity, it was one of the city's most opulent hotels. It was operated as a hotel until 1964.
The hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
It is currently tied as the 11th tallest building in Worcester.