156 Main St., Worcester, Massachusetts. County/parish: Worcester.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 05, 1980. NRIS 80000584.
Part of Worcester MRA (NRIS 64000304).
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Elwood Adams Store was an historic hardware store at 156 Main Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. At the time of its closing in October 2017, it had been the longest operating hardware store in the United States, having begun business in 1782. The building that the store resided in was built about 1831, and is one of Worcester's oldest commercial buildings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792879