The Worcester Telegram reports that the Harrington Corner building at 421-427 Main St., above, a landmark of the city’s commercial district, has undergone a face-lift, with interior renovations expected to go into the winter.

The 1850 Italianate-style building at Main and Front streets, formerly home to banks, a Liggett drugstore, and more recently, Melikian Studio and DeScenza Diamonds, was shrouded in green netting during September and October as workers from Batista Management and JML Contracting Corp. repointed the exterior brick, replaced windows and repainted the yellow brick facade terracotta red.

J&M Batista Family Limited Partnership, which purchased the four-story building at the end of 2008 for $525,000, researched the building’s history with the Worcester Historical Commission in planning the renovations. The street-level tenants are Dunkin’ Donuts, Star Nails and Little Kitchen, while the upper floors are vacant during renovations.