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 one of the longest operating hardware stores in the United States, having begun business in 1782. The building, constructed about 1831 and enlarged around 1865, is the oldest commercial building in downtown Worcester. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792879