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Highland Street Auto Shop Converting to Retail Storefront

By Patrick Sargent | August 12, 2022
Last Updated: August 12, 2022

WORCESTER – A former auto service station on Highland Street in Worcester is being converted into a retail operation.

On Thursday night, the Historical Commission unanimously approved a demolition delay waiver for the renovations and converting the auto shop into a storefront.

According to state records, the former Tash Mac Gas Station and Goyette’s Esso Station was constructed in 1942. Most recently, the property was JC Auto Center.

The property is listed on the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System, which describes the property as having “elements of modern design,” which “can be seen in the horizontal line of the office section and its corner with rounded corners. The slightly taller two bay garage appears to have been built at the same time.”

MACRIS lists the original owner as “probably Max Tashlitsky.”

August 12, 2022
A rendering of the proposed retail shop at 102 Highland St./Rendering courtesy Worcester Historical Commission

Work that will need to be done includes removing old plaster, the demolition of a load-bearing wall, restoring existing windows, exterior modifications and more, according to an attorney representing 102 Highland Street LLC.

The building is less than 1,000 sq. ft. in size and sits at the corner of Highland Street and Boynton Street, next to Dragon Dynasty Chinese food and across the street from a Sunoco gas station.

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