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| location= 156 Main St., [[Worcester, Massachusetts]]
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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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegram.com/news/20171020/last-elwood-adams-receipt-1782|title=Last Elwood Adams receipt: $17.82|last=Barnes|first=George|date=20 October 2017|work=Worcester Telegram|access-date=2017-10-23|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegram.com/news/20171020/last-elwood-adams-receipt-1782|title=Last Elwood Adams receipt: $17.82|last=Barnes|first=George|date=20 October 2017|work=Worcester Telegram|access-date=2017-10-23|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en}}</ref> The building that the store resided in was built about 1831, and is one of its oldest commercial buildings. It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1980.<ref name="nris"/>


==Description and history==
The building that the store resided in was built in 1831 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. In 1865, the building was increased in height to four stories from its original two and-a-half stories. It is adjacent to the [[Armsby Block]] Building.
The Elwood Adams Store building is located on the west side of Main Street in the northern part of Worcester's downtown area. It is a four-story masonry structure, its facade crowned by an Italianate wooden cornice. The ground floor consists of two storefronts separate by a brick pier, although these have for many years functioned as a single establishment. Windows are set in rectangular openings with stone sills and lintels.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=http://mhc-macris.net/Details.aspx?MhcId=WOR.447|title=NRHP nomination for Elwood Adams Store|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|accessdate=2018-09-04}}</ref>

The hardware store that became the Elwood Adams Store was established in 1782 by Daniel Waldo Sr. on this site, erecting the city's first brick building. Waldo's son Daniel Jr. took over the business in 1791, and later partnered with Henry Miller, who purchased it in partnership with George Rice in 1821. Miller took full ownership of the business in 1831, and purchased the building from Waldo's heirs in 1865. Around that time, it was raised from its original 2-1/2 stories to four stories, and its front facade was refaced with new brick. Miller sold the business to Elwood Adams and a partner in 1886. First known as Smith & Adams, it became known as the Elwood Adams Store in 1891,<ref name=NRHP/> the name it retained until its closing in 2017.


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Armsby Block]], next door
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in northwestern Worcester, Massachusetts]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in northwestern Worcester, Massachusetts]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts]]
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Revision as of 21:41, 4 September 2018

Elwood Adams Store
Elwood Adams Store is located in Massachusetts
Elwood Adams Store
Elwood Adams Store is located in the United States
Elwood Adams Store
Standort156 Main St., Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°16′6.6″N 71°48′2.5″W / 42.268500°N 71.800694°W / 42.268500; -71.800694
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1831 (1831)
Architectural styleCommercial Vernacular
MPSWorcester MRA
NRHP reference No.80000584[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 05, 1980

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.[2] The building that the store resided in was built about 1831, and is one of its oldest commercial buildings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

Description and history

The Elwood Adams Store building is located on the west side of Main Street in the northern part of Worcester's downtown area. It is a four-story masonry structure, its facade crowned by an Italianate wooden cornice. The ground floor consists of two storefronts separate by a brick pier, although these have for many years functioned as a single establishment. Windows are set in rectangular openings with stone sills and lintels.[3]

The hardware store that became the Elwood Adams Store was established in 1782 by Daniel Waldo Sr. on this site, erecting the city's first brick building. Waldo's son Daniel Jr. took over the business in 1791, and later partnered with Henry Miller, who purchased it in partnership with George Rice in 1821. Miller took full ownership of the business in 1831, and purchased the building from Waldo's heirs in 1865. Around that time, it was raised from its original 2-1/2 stories to four stories, and its front facade was refaced with new brick. Miller sold the business to Elwood Adams and a partner in 1886. First known as Smith & Adams, it became known as the Elwood Adams Store in 1891,[3] the name it retained until its closing in 2017.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Barnes, George (20 October 2017). "Last Elwood Adams receipt: $17.82". Worcester Telegram. Retrieved 2017-10-23. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Elwood Adams Store". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
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