Worcester Memorial Auditorium (Worcester, Massachusetts)

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The Worcester Memorial Auditorium, also known simply as the Worcester Auditorium, is a multi-purpose arena and auditorium located at Lincoln Square in Worcester, Massachusetts. Built in 1933, as a World War I War memorial in the form of a multi-purpose hall, the Auditorium has a 116-foot-wide (35 m), proscenium. The architects were Frederic C. Hirons (of the firm of Dennison & Hirons) with L. W. Briggs Co. Decoration was provided by Mack, Jenney & Tyler with murals by Arthur Covey. Renner & Maras executed metalwork.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as part of the Institutional District. In 2009, Lincoln Square was listed as one of the most endangered resources in the state by Preservation Massachusetts because of the three historical buildings in the square that are all empty or underutilized. The Auditorium was most recently used to house Massachusetts State Trial Court records and a small after-school program.

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