Built 1894 Opened 1894 Added to NRHP 24 February 1983 | NRHP Reference # 83000746 Architectural style Romanesque architecture | |
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Location Springfield, Massachusetts MPS Downtown Springfield MRA Similar Forest Park, Symphony Hall - Springfield, MassMutual Center, Naismith Memorial Basketbal, Chicopee Memorial State Park | ||
Driscoll's Block is a historic commercial block at 211-13 Worthington Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. It was the first building to be built in the area after a fire destroyed five blocks of Worthington Street in 1893. The modest four story brick structure was built for J.R. Driscoll, and at first housed a bowling alley. This business ran until 1915, and was followed by a succession of tenants, including briefly a Sears and Roebuck branch. The tenants have principally been manufacturing or warehousing concerns.
The exterior of the building was, at the time of its nomination to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, notable for a series of mid-20th-century advertising stencils that were applied to its eastern facade after the 1940 demolition of the adjacent building. Driscoll's Block was listed on the National Register in 1983.