Built 1891 Designated CP March 5, 1980 Area 1,619 m² Architect Stephen C. Earle | NRHP Reference # 78000472 Opened 1891 Added to NRHP 13 September 1978 | |
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Location 316 Main St., Worcester, Massachusetts Part of Mechanics' Hall District (#80000577) Similar Wachusett Reservoir, DCU Center, Green Hill Park, Salisbury Mansion and Store, Elm Park | ||
The Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank is a historic bank building at 316 Main Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. The six story Romanesque Revival building was constructed in 1891 to a design by Stephen Earle. The building is unusual in downtown Worcester for its use of limestone and buff brick, and for its rounded corner bay. The building originally had plate glass and iron store fronts on its ground floor (the bank occupying the second floor), but this was redone in matching limestone sometime after 1949.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, and included in the Mechanics' Hall District in 1980. It served as the corporate headquarters of Chess King during the 1980s. It now houses a handful of professional service firms.