The former Bancroft Hotel is a historic building at 50 Franklin Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. Opened in 1913 and expanded in 1929, it is one of the city's finest examples of Beaux Arts architecture. Designed by Buffalo-based architects Esenwein & Johnson, the hotel was built by businessman Frank A. Dudley at a cost of over $1.2 million. It was named for Worcester historian and politician George Bancroft.
The ten-story structure features a steel frame faced in brick, terracotta, and stone. The ground floor presents an arcade of arches to both Franklin and Portland Streets, finished in marble. The second floor features a band of sash windows with elaborate terra cotta surrounds, while the building is crowned by projecting cornices. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
In 1942, Sheraton bought the hotel and renamed it the Worcester Sheraton Hotel. It hosted a women's tea for John F. Kennedy's senatorial campaign in April 1952. Sheraton sold the hotel in 1955, and it became the Hotel Bancroft again. The building was converted into apartments in 1964 and is currently known as Bancroft on the Grid.
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