Norcross Brothers Houses are historic houses at 16 and 18 Claremont Street in Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston....

. They are named after the Norcross Brothers

Norcross Brothers

Norcross Brothers Contractors and Builders was a prominent nineteenth-century American construction company, especially noted for their work, mostly in stone, for the architectural firms of H.H. Richardson and McKim, Mead & White....

 construction company.

History

The houses, which are located on the corner of Claremont Street and Woodland Street in the Main South

Main South

Main South is a neighborhood in southern Worcester, Massachusetts. The area is based around Main Street, the central roadway of the city...

 area of Worcester, have been regarded as some of the earliest and finest examples of Queen Anne architecture in the city. They were built in 1878 and added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

in 1980. 16 Claremont Street is home to the George Perkins Marsh Institute of Clark University. The Marsh Institute is studies the human dimensions of environmental change and coupled natural and human systems.