Worcester panel backs preserving historic records

Other Committee · Meeting of October 15, 2026

WORCESTER — The Worcester Historical Commission voted unanimously to designate the city's assessor's records as locally historically significant, clearing the way for Community Preservation Act funding. Assistant Assessor of Taxes Evan Corrigan told the board the volumes, spanning the 1800s to the 1990s, are stored in the City Hall basement and are "not duplicated or replicated anywhere else." A vendor found much of the collection printed on acid paper requiring remediation before the Boston Public Library can digitize it for free and post it to archive.org. The designation, approved 6-0, covers records through 1976.

Separately, the commission approved certificates of appropriateness for a Worcester-landmarks mural at 235 Pleasant Street, revised storefront signage at 244 Pleasant Street, and a matching roof-shingle repair at 24 Crown Street, and withdrew without prejudice an older application for 49 Williams Street.

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Source: the Other Committee meeting of October 15, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

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