To its north is the large Central Exchange Building, constructed in 1895-96 with later Renaissance Revival styling.

South of Mechanics Hall is a vacant lot, beyond which is the Burnside Building, built in 1886-87 to a design by Boston architects Bradlee, Winslow & Wetherell.

The district's southern end is the former State Street Mutual building, built in 1894-97; it is considered to be the city's first formal skyscraper, with a steel frame and Romanesque exterior.

[2] A much larger stretch of Worcester's Main Street was one lined with a series of connected commercial buildings similar to this block.

Urban renewal has taken its toll on the larger area, and this block is now one of the few that retains a significant concentration of high quality late 19th-century architecture.