The Borden-Pond House is a historic house at 40 Laurel Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, at its junction with Edward Street. The three story stone house was built c.1856-59, and is an architecturally unusual example of Second Empire styling with a colorful ownership history. It was probably built by John Borden, a mason and its first resident, built was sold to Lucius Pond in 1861. Pond was a leading local industrialist, who helped invent the Ellsworth repeating rifle. Pond was director of a local bank when rumors of its insolvency led to his flight in 1875.