Address | 321 Main St. |
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Location | Worcester, MA |
Public transit | Union Station |
Construction | |
Built | 1855 |
Renovated | 1977 |
Website | |
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Mechanics Hall | |
Coordinates | 42°15′56.79″N 71°48′7.03″W / 42.2657750°N 71.8019528°W |
Architect | Boyden & Ball |
Architectural style | Renaissance |
Part of | Mechanics' Hall District (ID80000577) |
NRHP reference No. | 72000152 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | November 9, 1972 |
Designated CP | March 5, 1980 |
Mechanics Hall is a concert hall in Worcester, Massachusetts. It was built in 1857 in the Renaissance Revival style and restored in 1977.[2] Built as part of the early nineteenth-century worker's improvement movement, it is now a concert and performing arts venue ranked as one of the top four concert halls in North America and in the top twelve between Europe and the Americas.[3] It also houses a recording studio.[4]