Monday, July 20, 2015

July 20th National Register Sites in Fall River Mass.

Visited several National Register of Historic Places in Fall River today:

First up was the Pocasset Firehouse #7, which is now a sign company....




Pocasset Firehouse No. 7 is a historic former fire station at located 1058 Pleasant Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. Built in 1873, it is one of four extant firehouses within the city designed by Boston architects Hartwell & Swasey in the Ruskinian Gothic style. The others include the Quequechan No. 1 on Prospect Street, the Massasoit No. 5 on Freedom Street, the Anawan No. 6 Firehouse on North Main Street.
In 1895, an extension was built on the west side of the main structure to accommodate of a hook and ladder truck. A portion of the building was used as a police station. The Pocasset Firehouse was built to serve the Flint Village section of the city. It operated as a fire station until 1988, when the Flint Reney/Eastwood Fire Station opened on Eastern Avenue.  The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It now privately owned, and occupied by Baker Sign Works.

Also, the Massasoit Fire House #5-   It has been repurposed into private apartments:



Massasoit Fire House No. 5 is a historic former fire station located at 83 Freedom Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. The building was designed by Boston architects Hartwell & Swasey and was built in 1873. This same firm also designed several other extant fire stations in Fall River during this period, including the Quequechan No. 1, Anawan No. 6 and Pocasset Firehouse No. 7.[2] The building was originally designed to also contain a police station. The firehouse was built to serve the Globe Village section of the city. It has since been replaced by the Globe/Kosior Fire Station on Globe Street. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It now contains residential apartments.

There is a third firehouse to be found, the Cataract #3!  It is now a tobacco shop....






Cataract Engine Company No. 3 is an historic building at 116 Rock Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. It also served as the meeting hall of the Richard Borden GAR Post No. 46 of the Grand Army of the Republic.  The building was constructed in 1843 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It is now occupied by a tobacco shop.

Nearby was the complex of the St Joseph's Catholic Church, and the St Joseph's Orphanage:




St. Joseph's Orphanage is an historic former orphanage and school located at 56 St. Joseph Street in Fall River, Massachusetts.  The orphanage was built in 1892 as part of the parish of Notre Dame de Lourdes, a large French-Canadian congregation located in the city's Flint Village neighborhood.] Two large wings were added about 1917. The building later housed an elementary school, known as Mount Saint Joseph. Between 1982 and 1986, the school's chapel was used as a temporary place of worship by Notre Dame after its magnificent 1895 church was destroyed by a massive fire on May 11, 1982.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.  In 1989, the building was converted into residential apartments, with a large addition to the north side. A statue of Saint Joseph was removed from the alcove atop the front of the building and placed on the nearby grounds of Notre Dame Church.

And the church:



Lastly, was the home purchased by Lizzie Borden, after her trial, which she was found not guilty.  It's called Maplecroft, and appeared to be privately owned.



Lastly, there was an old 1808 school house, which was made out of stucco  looks like:



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