The Boynton and The Windsor are a pair historic buildings at 718 and 720 Main Street in

Worcester, Massachusetts Worcester ( , ) is a city and county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, the city's population was 206,518 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the second-List of cities i ...

. They are nearly identical brick apartment buildings that were constructed c. 1887 to designs by

Barker & Nourse Barker & Nourse was an architectural firm from Worcester, Massachusetts, active from 1879 to 1904. History The principals of the firm were Albert A. Barker (1852-1905) and Walter B. Nourse (1853-1906), and it operated from 1879 to 1904. It was ...

, and are well preserved instances of late 19th century apartment house construction that once lined Main Street for many blocks. Of the two the Boynton (718 Main Street) is the better preserved, with an unaltered exterior. The buildings were listed on the

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in 1980, and were included in the Main Street and Murray Avenue Historic District in 2022.

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Apartment buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Buildings and structures completed in 1887 Buildings and structures in Worcester, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places in Worcester, Massachusetts {{WorcesterMA-NRHP-stub

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