About Us

Our Mission
To maintain for future generations the sites and structures which are significant to the culture, history, and architecture of the city and to encourage excellence in future design.
Our Values

Our History
Preservation Worcester was founded in 1969 by interested local citizens who were increasingly concerned about the future of Worcester’s architectural heritage in reaction to urban renewal programs and the then standard practice of “destroy the old, build anew.” Started as a volunteer organization, Preservation Worcester named Janet McCorison as its first non-volunteer Executive Director in the mid 1970s. Now with more than 600 active members, the organization has a four-person staff headquartered at 10 Cedar Street, an American Foursquare with Colonial Revival details. The building was donated to the organization in 1992 and renovated through a Massachusetts Preservation Project Fund Grant. It serves as a successful model of adaptive reuse renting office space to support operating expenses. Over the years, Preservation Worcester was instrumental is safeguarding important structures including Mechanics Hall, Union Station, the Chestnut Street Church, the Fire Alarm & Telegraph Building and the Quinsigamond School.
Our Team
Staff
Megan Blomgren Burgess, Director of Education and Community Engagement
Karina Cardenas, Office Manager
Luis Fraire, Event Sales Manager
Deborah Packard, Executive Director
Officers
Dorothy J. Hargrove, President
Joel Kent, Vice President
James A. Welu, Vice President
Jamie S. How, Treasurer
Morris A. Bergman, Assistant Treasurer
Noah R. Bombard, Clerk
Directors
Janet A. Birbara
Timothy P. Corrinet
Paul Curci
Robin A. DeAugustinis
David Fort
Elaine K. Gardella, Clerk
Rafael Lazo
Timothy McCann
Denise O' Connell
Robert F. Para, Jr.
Tomoko Sakai
Raymond James Simoncini
Birgit Straehle
Docents
Harold Albert
Morris Bergman
Randy Bloom
Erika Helnarski
Pam Hubley
Breanna Kucera
Sandy Meltzer
JoAnn Mills
Elizabeth Mullaney
Andrew Noone
Denise O'Connell
Jan Parent
Marilyn Polito
Eileen Rodgers
Stuart Sadick
Cindy Shenette
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