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The YWCA was orgainzed in 1885 but didnt take residence in this building at Chatham and High Streets until 1891. The building was designed by the same Worcester architect who designed the Art Museum, Stephen C. Earle.
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Neil H. Donahue - Report this comment
It was near St Pauls Cathedral on Chatham St, I believe.
Jeff Cote - Report this comment
The YWCA was orgainzed in 1885 but didnt take residence in this building at Chatham and High Streets until 1891. The building was designed by the same Worcester architect who designed the Art Museum, Stephen C. Earle.
Jeff Cote - Report this comment
As a side note, the YMCA building was built in 1886 on Elm Street. The men's organization moved to Main Street in 1918.
Emily Thomas - Report this comment
This building is now the home of the Performing Arts School of Worcester.
Patricia Warren - Report this comment
I attended Classical High, just up the hill from the "Y". We had our gym classes there. Because our gym teacher was a former Olympian swimmer, she managed to get permission to use the pool as part of our phys.ed. This was the years 1956-1959. High school was 3 years then, starting with the 10th grade; the junior highs ran grades 7,8, & 9.
Don Latino - Report this comment
This building is NOT the Performing Arts School. This building was designed by Steven Earle and built in 1892. It was eventually demolished and only the foundation, which forms the base of a parking lot, remains. The building which houses the Performing Arts School was designed by George Clemence and built in 1915. This present buiiding is one lot down toward Main Street from the building pictured above.
Used to sit on that last windowsill and rest on my way back to St Paul's school-late 40s4nd
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