Worthington Block

The Kennedy-Worthington Blocks (historically the Wilkinson and Wight Blocks) are three five-story brick commercial buildings on the east side of Main Street between Worthington and Taylor Streets in Springfield's North Blocks manufacturing district. Developed in the 1860s and 1870s by prominent local businessman and politician Emerson Wight, the Kennedy Block (rebuilt after an 1874 fire) and the Worthington Building and Worthington Street Block (with facades of various dates, including an 1888 one by Frederick Newman and a 1914 classical facade by E.C. & G.C. Gardner) are among the finest surviving examples of the large manufacturing buildings that defined the district near the Boston and Albany and Springfield-Hartford railroads. The blocks provided 'incubator' space for small firms and housed notable tenants including the Morgan Envelope Company, the R.H. Smith Manufacturing Company, and the Springfield Daily News and Daily Union newspapers. Emerson Wight, an incorporator and first president of the Morgan Envelope Company, served four terms as Mayor of Springfield (1875-1878). The buildings are significant for their role in the commercial development of the North Blocks and for their architecture.

Worthington Block is a landmark in Springfield, Hampden County. It is one of 3,654 landmarks documented in Hampden County, among 3,815 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.

The site sits at 42.1040, -72.5930 near Springfield. The nearest cataloged historic site is Worthington Street Block (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Kennedy Block, Worthy Hotel, and Patton and Loomis Block.

This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.