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The Gilman Block was located on the east side of Main Street in downtown Worcester, between Thomas Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. It was a four-story brick building, with Classical Revival and Romanesque/Tuscan Mediterranean influence. It had round-arch windows on the top floor, and a
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The block was built in 1896 to a design by the local architectural firm of
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National Register of Historic Places in Worcester County, Massachusetts
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pressed copper cornice adorned with brackets at the corners.
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was a historic commercial building at 207-219 Main Street in
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Gilman Block is located in Massachusetts
Gilman Block is located in the United States
Worcester, Massachusetts
42°16′3″N 71°48′3″W / 42.26750°N 71.80083°W / 42.26750; -71.80083
Cutting, Carleton & Cutting
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Worcester, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places
Cutting, Carleton & Cutting
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National Register of Historic Places listings in northwestern Worcester, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts


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