100 Front Street

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| name = Mercantile Center

| image = Mercantile_Center,_10_Front_Street.jpg

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| former_names = Mechanics National Bank Tower

| location = 100 Front Street, Worcester, Massachusetts

| coordinates = {{coord|42.2626|-71.7994|region:US-MA|display=inline,title}}

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| completion_date = 1971

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| building_type = Commercial office

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| roof = {{convert|69|m|disp=flip}}

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| floor_count = 20{{cite web |title=100 Front |url=https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=4633 |website=SkyscraperPage.com |access-date=13 September 2023}}

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| floor_area = {{convert|280000|sqft|sigfig=2|abbr=on}}

| architect = Welton Becket and Associates

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| developer = Worcester Center Associates

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Mercantile Center (originally Mechanics National Bank Tower) is a high-rise building located at 100 Front Street in Downtown Worcester, Massachusetts. The former Worcester Center complex, comprising 100 Front Street and the adjacent nine story tower at 120 Front Street were named Mercantile Center by its owner, Franklin Realty Advisors, in early 2016.Nicodemus, Aaron. "Front Street towers in Worcester are renamed The Mercantile Center." Telegram & Gazette, Feb 4 2016.

At {{convert|69|m|disp=flip}}, the 20-story office tower is the third tallest building in Worcester (behind The 6Hundred and Worcester Plaza, both {{convert|288|ft|m}} high). It was completed in 1971, as a part of the Worcester Center urban renewal project, {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120728194549/http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=100frontstreet-worcester-ma-usa 100 Front Street]}} Emporis.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010[http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=4633 100 Front Street] Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010. and has {{convert|280000|sqft|m2}} of interior space.[http://www.loopnet.com/xNet/MainSite/Listing/Profile/Profile.aspx?LID=16091551&SRID=1347552656&StepID=101&LinkCode=20280 100 Front Street] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123180549/http://www.loopnet.com/xNet/MainSite/Listing/Profile/Profile.aspx?LID=16091551&SRID=1347552656&StepID=101&LinkCode=20280 |date=2015-01-23 }}. LoopNet. Retrieved December, 29, 2010 The building's footprint is not square, but rectangular, with the short sides being 5 windows across, and the long sides being 7 windows across. The short sides still feature the Mechanics Bank "M" at the top of the façade above the top floor.