The First Methodist Church is on Main street, opposite the lower end of the upper common, and was built in 1840.  Rev. W.J.  Pomfret is pastor.

The First Universalist Church stands on the corner of Main and Rollstone streets, and was built in 1847.  Rev. F.O.  Hall is pastor.  This society proposes to erect a new church, further down town, before long.

On the opposite corner is the Calvinistic Congregational Church, built in 1844.  Rev. S.L.  Blake, D.D., is pastor.  In connection with this Church is a handsome and commodious chapel.

Further down Main street, opposite the Post-office, is the First Baptist Church, a large and imposing structure, built in 1854.  Rev. I.R.  Wheelock is pastor.

A little further down, and on the opposite side of the street, is Christ Church (Episcopal).  This is built of granite and has a very attractive appearance both within and without.  The society has no settled rector at present.

Towards the lower end of Main street is situated the Rollstone Congregational Church, a fine brick and stone structure, built in 1869.  In connection with it is a handsome chapel, the gift of the late Deacon David Boutelle and named after the donor.  The Second Advent Chapel is on the corner of North and Cherry streets; no pastor is at present settled.

[Illustration:  MILLS OF THE FITCHBURG PAPER COMPANY.]

[Illustration:  THE WALLACE LIBRARY AND ART BUILDING.]

The St. Bernard’s Church (Catholic) is a costly and handsome brick and stone edifice on Water street.  Rev. P.J.  Garrigan is pastor, and Rev. D.F.  Feehan is assistant pastor.  In 1878 a fine Catholic Chapel (Church of the Sacred Heart) was built in West Fitchburg, and is now under the charge of Rev. J.T.  Donohoe.  There is also a very pretty Methodist Church in West Fitchburg, of which Rev. W. Wignall is pastor.

[Illustration:  WHITNEY’S OPERA HOUSE BLOCK.]

The Fitchburg Savings Bank block, on Main street, up town, is the largest and finest in the city.  It was erected in 1871, and is of brick with a handsome and costly front of fine, white-grained granite.  The ground floor is divided into four stores, which are as commodious and well-appointed as any in Worcester County.  On the second floor are the banking-rooms of the Fitchburg National and Fitchburg Savings Banks, the office of the Fitchburg Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and several law offices.  The two stories above are mainly occupied by the Free Masons, whose rooms are among the finest in the State.

[Illustration:  THE “SNOW MILL,” RECENTLY BURNED.]

The Safety Fund National Bank has rooms in Crocker Block, a handsome brick and stone structure further down on Main street.  The Windsor Club (social) has attractive rooms in this block.

[Illustration:  RESIDENCE OF MRS. EUGENE T. MILES, BLOSSOM STREET.]

The Rollstone National Bank has rooms in the Rollstone Bank block, a large and fine brick and sandstone structure, on the south side of Main street, down town.  The rooms of the Worcester North Savings Institution are also in this block, and the Odd Fellows and E.V.  Sumner Encampment, Post 19, Grand Army of the Republic, have commodious apartments in the upper portion.  The Wachusett National Bank has a brick banking house on the corner of Main and Day streets.