The streetcar arrived on Chandler Street and prompted a wave of three-decker development on the west side of Worcester. These houses were built into the fashionable area and tended to attract white-collar workers employed downtown.
Built around 1904, the Elvira Drew house was part of that specific wave. It is a three-story wood-frame structure that featured Tuscan columns and Colonial Revival brackets. However, its historic integrity has been compromised by the application of modern siding since its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Elvira Drew was the first owner, and she was apparently an absentee owner. Nothing is known of her, and the house's early tenants included accountants, clerks, stenographers, and salesmen.
Today, the house sits on the west side of Abbott Street near its southern end. The front facade has a projecting window bay on the left and a three-story porch stack on the right, whose porches extend beyond the left bay.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Kyle McLonely
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