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Robert Goddard Gravesite
Robert Goddard’s grave site can be found in a cemetery in Worcester, MA called Hope Cemetery. Hope Cemetery is a city owned cemetery that was dedicated in 1852, and is situated on about 168 acres of land.[1] One lot in this cemetery, lot…
Boulevard Diner
The source where I acquired my information was from a cook named Ronnie Bellow at the Boulevard Diner and also from an email with Erica George, who is the granddaughter of the owner. Boulevard Diner was built in 1936 by the Worcester Diner Car…
Worcester Country Club
Worcester Country Club was designed by renowned architect Donald Ross [1]. The prestigious club opened its doors in 1913, with a crowd of onlookers including immediate past President William Howard Taft, who was actually the first person to hit a…
Stanley Kunitz House
Stanley Kunitz was born on July 29, 1905 in Worcester, MA. He lived in this house at 4 Woodford St. from the years of 1919-1922 until he moved out and went to Harvard for college. His mother, Yetta Helen Jasspon, had immigrated to the US from…
Providence and Worcester Railroad
The Providence and Worcester Railroad is a regional company which operates a series of trains within Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York. The operations of the railroad are based in Worcester, Massachusetts and can be traced back to…
Massachusetts Military Museum
The Massachusetts Military Museum was originally a National Guard Armory and was built in 1891 in Worcester, Massachusetts. The 19th century armory architecture is castle-like and Gothic (typical for that century). The Massachusetts Military Museum…
Salisbury Mansion
Stephen Salisbury came to Worcester in 1767 to open a branch of a Boston based family import store S&S Salisbury [1]. The Salisbury family played a prominent role in the Worcester community. The Salisbury mansion holds three generations of…
Freedom Worship Center
For my site visit, I attended a service at the Freedom Worship Center in West Boylston. I chose this house of worship because I want to explore a non-mainstream church for this project, one not affiliated with a major denomination. It is affiliated…
Chevalier Furniture
Located at 48 Water Street, Worcester Ma, Chevalier Furniture opened in January 1934. It is a furniture-retail store that is widely known and still in corporation. It gained corporation status in December 1949. It can be accessed by visiting the…