Elwood Adams Store

The Elwood Adams Store was an historic hardware store at 156 Main Street in . At the time of its closing in October 2017, it had been one of the longest operating hardware stores in the United States, having begun business in 1782.
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  • Type: Building
  • Also known as: “Elwood Adams Building”
  • Address: 154 and 156 Main Street

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Worcester Palladium and Armsby Block.

Theater building
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The , also known as The Palladium or Palladium Theatre, is an all-ages concert hall and performance venue located in . is situated 670 feet south of Elwood Adams Store.

Building
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The , also known as the Armsby Building, is an historic mixed-use residential and commercial building at 144-148 Main Street in .

Theater building
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is a concert hall in . It was built in 1857 in the Renaissance Revival style and restored in 1977. 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 and the Americas. is situated 1,100 feet south of Elwood Adams Store.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lower Pleasant Street District and Worcester.

Neighborhood
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The is an historic district at 418–426 Main Street and 9–49 Pleasant Street in . It encompasses the only surviving row of Victorian-era commercial buildings in downtown Worcester.

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Explore fine arts, history, and take in a show in , a medium sized city in about an hour's drive west of . 's seven hills and their valleys contain top notch museums, nine colleges and universities, beautiful parks, and food from all over the globe.

Neighborhood
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The is an expansive residential area in northwestern . It is centered on Cedar and William Streets, and includes properties on adjacent streets.

Elwood Adams Store

Latitude
42.26856° or 42° 16′ 7″ north
Longitude
-71.80079° or 71° 48′ 3″ west
Levels
4
Open location code
87JC759X+CM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 89635000
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q5368316
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