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The Slater Building is an historic commercial building at 390 Main Street in
Worcester Worcester may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England ** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament * Worcester Park, London, Engl ...
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Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...
. The ten story building, built in 1907 by the
Norcross Brothers Norcross Brothers, Contractors and Builders was a nineteenth-century American construction company, especially noted for its work, mostly in stone, for the architectural firms of H.H. Richardson and McKim, Mead & White. The company was founded in 1 ...
, was the second skyscraper in the city (after the Second State Mutual Life building, 340 Main Street). Framed in steel, the building is clad in granite stone on its first two floors, while the upper floors are faced in limestone. The upper two floors are set off from those below by a trim line, and have a recessed loggia framed by Corinthian columns. In 1939 the building's interior systems were modernized by architects Frost, Chamberlain & Edwards, successors to the original designers, and then still tenants of the building.''Engineering News-Record'' 9 Feb. 1939: 14. New York. The building was listed on the
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in 1980. It is currently the 10th tallest building in Worcester.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in northwestern Worcester, Massachusetts There are 112 properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Worcester, Massachusetts, west of I-190 and the north–south section of I-290 and north of Massachusetts Route 122, which are listed here. Two listi ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...


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Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Neoclassical architecture in Massachusetts Office buildings completed in 1907 Skyscrapers in Worcester, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places in Worcester, Massachusetts Skyscraper office buildings in Massachusetts {{WorcesterMA-NRHP-stub