Aurora Hotel (Worcester, Massachusetts)

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Aurora Hotel
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Aurora Hotel
Aurora Hotel (Worcester, Massachusetts) is located in Massachusetts
Aurora Hotel (Worcester, Massachusetts)
Location652-660 Main St., Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°15′34″N 71°48′20.48″W / 42.25944°N 71.8056889°W / 42.25944; -71.8056889Coordinates: 42°15′34″N 71°48′20.48″W / 42.25944°N 71.8056889°W / 42.25944; -71.8056889
Built1897
ArchitectBarker & Nourse
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSWorcester MRA
NRHP reference No.88000429 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 28, 1988
Rora Bar in the Roaring 20s at the Aurora Hotel in Worcester, MA. This place had a big jazz scene.

The Aurora Hotel is a historic hotel building at 652-660 Main Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. The six story Classical Revival building was built in 1898 for Charles Stevens, son of a Worcester businessman, who was a lawyer and major landowner in the city. It features decorative carved stone panels, bay windows with pressed metal ornamentation, and a pressed metal cornice.[2]

Aurora Hotel in Worcester, MA

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1] It has since been converted to apartments.

Aurora Gallery[]

The Aurora Gallery is a contemporary art gallery operated by in the Aurora Hotel.

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Aurora Hotel". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-04.

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