Built in 1891 to a design by Boston-based architect William Forbush, it is a high-quality local example of Romanesque Revival architecture.

[1] The Traina Center is located on the east side of Downing Street in southern Worcester, just north of the central campus of Clark University.

This is flanked by two-story projecting sections with large round-arch openings that shelter the building entrances.

[2] The building was built in 1891 to a design by Boston-based architect William Forbush.

Forbush, about whom little is known, is also credited with the design of the Abbott Street School, which is similar to this one.