View source for Washburn Square–Leicester Common Historic District

{{short description|Historic district in Massachusetts, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name         = Washburn Square–Leicester Common Historic District
| nrhp_type    = hd
| nocat        = yes
| image        = Leicester Unitarian Church, Leicester MA.jpg
| caption      = Leicester Unitarian Church
| location     = [[Leicester, Massachusetts]]
| coordinates  = {{coord|42|14|46|N|71|54|13|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin     = Massachusetts#USA
| area         = {{convert|21|acre|ha}}
| built        = 1931
| architect    = Earle & Fisher; et al.
| architecture = Georgian, Federal
| added        = February 22, 2006
| refnum       = 06000062
<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>
}}
The '''Washburn Square–Leicester Common Historic District''' encompasses the historic civic heart of [[Leicester, Massachusetts]].  It includes Washburn Square, as the town common is called; the buildings along its perimeter; and the properties along Main Street extending east along Main Street to its junction with Henshaw Street.  It includes the 1939 Leicester Town Hall, [[Becker College]]'s 1962 Swan Library, a Victorian Gothic Revival First Congregational Church (a rarity due to its comparatively late construction date, 1901) and the 1834 Leicester Unitarian Church (originally known as the Second Congregational Church).  The south side of Washburn Square (named for Leicester native son Governor [[Emory Washburn]]) is lined with stately homes that now are almost all owned by Becker College.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=lei.c|title=NRHP nomination for Washburn Square–Leicester Common Historic District|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|access-date=2014-03-31}}</ref>
The district was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2006.<ref name="nris"/>
==See also==
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts]]
==References==
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{{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts}}
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[[Category:Historic districts in Worcester County, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Worcester County, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts]]
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