Bancroft Hotel

	Bancroft Hotel
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	50 Franklin Street, Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°15′41″N 71°48′6″W / 42.26139°N 71.80167°W
Built	1912
Architect	Esenwein & Johnson
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
MPS	Worcester MRA
NRHP reference No.	80000614
Added to NRHP	March 5, 1980

The Bancroft Hotel is a historic hotel building which is now an apartment complex at 50 Franklin Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 2016 the building's common areas underwent a complete renovation.^{[citation needed]}

History

The Bancroft Hotel was built by Niagara Falls businessman Frank A. Dudley and operated by the United Hotels Company.^[2] It was designed by Buffalo, New York architects Esenwein & Johnson in the Beaux Arts style and was completed in 1912 at a cost of over $1.2 million (equivalent to $37,887,000 in 2023).

The hotel was named for historian and politician George Bancroft. The nine story building has a steel frame, which is faced in brick trimmed with terracotta. In 1925 it was expanded in size by about 1/3 along Portland Street. Built at the height of Worcester's prosperity, it was one of the city's most opulent hotels. It was operated as a hotel until 1964.^[3]

The hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

It is currently tied as the 11th tallest building in Worcester.