Main South, Worcester

Name: Main South
Address: Worcester, United States

#69 among attractions in Worcester

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Main South is a neighborhood in southern Worcester, Massachusetts. The area's eponymous feature is Main Street, the central roadway of the city. Main South experienced rapid economic development from the 1890s until the 1950s. ()

Coordinates: 42°15'3"N, 71°49'16"W

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Central City (Beacon Brightly)Worcester United States

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Main South – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: DCU Center, Armsby Abbey, Worcester City Hall and Common, Mechanics Hall.

1.5 miNE
Concerts and shows, Convention center, Sport
DCU Center, Worcester
39 min walk • The DCU Center is an indoor arena and convention center complex in downtown Worcester, Massachusetts. The facility hosts a variety of events, including concerts, sporting events, family shows, conventions, trade-shows and meetings.
1.6 miNE
Nightlife
Armsby Abbey, Worcester
42 min walk • The Armsby Block is an historic mixed-use residential and commercial building at 144-148 Main Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. Built in 1885 to a design by noted local architect Stephen Earle, it is a well-preserved example of Panel Brick architecture. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
1.3 miNE
City hall, Shopping centre, Neo-renaissance architecture
Worcester City Hall and Common, Worcester
33 min walk • The Worcester City Hall and Common, the civic heart of the city, are a historic city hall and town common at 455 Main Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. The city hall and common were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
1.5 miNE
Music and shows, Nightlife, Theater
Mechanics Hall, Worcester
38 min walk • Mechanics Hall is a concert hall in Worcester, Massachusetts. It was built in 1857 in the Renaissance Revival style and restored in 1977.
1.1 miNE
Concerts and shows, Theater, Performing arts
Hanover Theatre, Worcester
30 min walk • The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States was originally built in 1904 as the Franklin Square Theatre regularly scheduling burlesque shows, Broadway touring shows and headline acts transitioning to showing silent films by 1912 when...
1.2 miE
Antiques, Flea market, Shopping
Crompton Collective, Worcester
32 min walk • The Crompton Loom Works is an historic industrial complex of the Crompton Corporation at 132-142 Green Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. The factory manufactured looms for textile factories. With its original portion dating to 1860, the complex is one of the oldest surviving industrial sites in the city.
1.5 miNE
Concerts and shows, Concert hall, Theater
Worcester Palladium, Worcester
39 min walk • The Worcester Palladium, also known as The Palladium or Palladium Theatre, is an all-ages concert hall and performance venue located in Worcester, Massachusetts. The Palladium was designed by architect Arlan W. Johnson and opened as a theatre in 1928 as the Plymouth Theatre.
~890 ftNW
Cafeteria, Universities and schools
Clark University, Worcester
5 min walk • Clark University is a private research university in Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1887 with a large endowment from its namesake Jonas Gilman Clark, a prominent businessman, Clark was one of the first modern research universities in the United States.
~830 ftNE
Church
Pilgrim Congregational Church, Worcester
5 min walk • Pilgrim Congregational Church is a historic Congregational church building at 909 Main Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. The brick Romanesque Revival building was constructed in 1887 to a design by local architect Stephen Earle.
~1590 ftSW
Church, Romanesque architecture
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Worcester
8 min walk • St. Mark's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church building at Zero Freeland Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. The Romanesque Revival stone building was designed by local architect Stephen C.
~870 ftN
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Peters Catholic Church, Worcester
5 min walk • St. Peter's Catholic Church is a historic church building at 935 Main Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. Built-in 1884, the church is one of the city's finest and most ornate examples of Gothic Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

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Nearby attractions include Robert H. Goddard Library, Worcester (4 min walk), Pilgrim Congregational Church, Worcester (5 min walk), St. Peters Catholic Church, Worcester (5 min walk), Clark University, Worcester (5 min walk).