Built 1895 NRHP Reference # 84000097 Architectural style Romanesque architecture | MPS Worcester MRA Opened 1895 Added to NRHP 4 October 1984 | |
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Location 30 Wyman St., Worcester, Massachusetts Similar Baystate Corset Block, Adler Company Corset Fa, Wachusett Reservoir, DCU Center, Green Hill Park | ||
The Worcester Corset Company Factory is an historic factory building at 30 Wyman Street in Worcester, Massachusetts in the Main South neighborhood. The oldest part of the factory was built in 1895, with expansion of the facilities taking place up to 1909. The buildings were designed by Arthur Gray for the Worcester Corset Company, whose origins date to an 1861 business by David Hale Fanning making hoops for skirts, but shifted to manufacturing corsets after fashions changed. Fanning's business was immensely successful, and he became one of Worcester's larger employers. After the Corset Company folded in 1940, the facility was used to manufacture military-style boots.
The factory was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.