Worcester Telegram & Gazette
(MA)
BLUE
RIBBON BRICKS May 19, 1998
Section: BUSINESS
Page: E1
WORCESTER - Three Worcester buildings were
added last night to a portfolio of more than 50
structures of historical significance whose
restorations have been recognized by the Worcester
Area Chamber of Commerce with its Silver Hammer
awards.
The awards were presented during the
chamber's 123rd annual banquet at Mechanics Hall -
the recipient itself of the first Silver Hammer in
1978. Here's a look at this year's winners:
Quinsigamond School. The three-year, $19.6
million renovation and construction of a new
three-story school on the Millbury Street site
where three 19th century school buildings once
stood now houses 760 elementary pupils.
Worcester architects Lamoureux Pagano
Associates Inc. worked with City of Worcester
principal architect Eric G. Twickler to link a new
building with the old Quinsigamond School and the
exterior of the former Quinsigamond Library, which
was listed on the National Register of Historic
Places and built with money donated by
industrialist Andrew Carnegie.
Distinguishing project features include
exterior Romanesque columns and arches and
interior oak paneling and wainscoting. General
contractor was Eastern Contractors Inc.,
Framingham.
The former Worcester Five Cents Savings
Bank. Built in 1891, at Main and Walnuts streets,
the buff brick and limestone trim building was
designed by a local architect, Stephen Earle.
Daniel J. Coletti, New England regional
chief executive officer of Lincoln Financial
Advisors Corp., bought the building, listed on the
National Registry of Historic Places, in 1985, and
has spent nearly $1.3 million on its restoration.
The work features replacement and restoration by
Monaco Restorations Inc.,
Sturbridge, of exterior brick and limestone trim,
and restoration and installation by William Dunn
Builders, Charlton, of oak detailing in the entry,
elevator and on the six-story staircase.
Polar Beverages Corp.'s headquarters and
warehouse at 1001 Southbridge St. Desperately in
need of space to expand, the soda bottler at 40
Walcott St. bought and transformed the adjacent
vacant Cookson Performance Plastic Inc. building
into a brick warehouse and headquarters complex.
The work was part of a broader $12 million
modernization program.
Polar received tax increment financing from
the city for the project, which gives the company
$601,715 in tax savings over 10 years.
The architect was Stahlman Engineering
Corp. of New London, N.H. Cutler Associates of
Worcester was general contractor.
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