If you like your history with a side of practical ambition, the Anthony Massad Three-Decker is worth a look. It was built about 1912 in the Brittan Square area of Worcester, Massachusetts, during a period when the neighborhood was growing as a fashionable streetcar suburb.
Anthony Massad, the first owner of the building, was the proprietor of the Exchange Hotel. Early tenants of the house included a railroad brakeman and a police officer. The building is a three-story wood frame structure located on the north side of Harlow Street.
Architecturally, it was cited as a good local example of Colonial Revival styling. It originally featured arched porch openings with Tuscan columns and modillion blocks in the eaves. Many of those architectural details have been lost or obscured by subsequent exterior changes, such as modern siding and square posts.
The house features an asymmetrical front facade with a stack of three porches on the left side and a polygonal window bay on the right. It also has a hip roof and an angled window bay projecting from one side of the building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Kyle McLonely
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