Built 1878 NRHP Reference # 80000624 Added to NRHP 5 March 1980 | MPS Worcester MRA Opened 1878 | |
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Location 16, 18 Claremont St., Worcester, Massachusetts Architectural styles Queen Anne style architecture, American Queen Anne style Similar Downing Street School, Hadwen Arboretum, Wachusett Reservoir, DCU Center, Green Hill Park | ||
The Norcross Brothers Houses are historic houses at 16 and 18 Claremont Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. They are named after their builders and first occupants, James and Orlando Norcross, principals of the Norcross Brothers construction company.
History
The houses, which are located on the corner of Claremont Street and Woodland Street in the Main South area of Worcester, have been regarded as some of the earliest and finest examples of Queen Anne architecture in the city. They were built in 1878 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 16 Claremont Street is home to the George Perkins Marsh Institute of Clark University. The Marsh Institute studies the human dimensions of environmental change and coupled natural and human systems.