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527 FORM B - BUILDING In Area no. Form no. - MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston - - - - .- K-14-1 , 1. Town Fall River, Mass. Address 1270-1288 Pleasant Street Name_ Greany Building Present use Commercial and residential 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number 1 - 4. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. N FLINT ST. Present owner Jos. O. Sousa et al. 3. Description: 4 st. brick & granite commercial block Date 1891 Source Building Permit #293 Style Victorian Commercial Style Architect Exterior wall fabric Brick w/granite trim Outbuildings (describe) Other features Corbelled brick cornice, granite quoins, granite sills, terra cotta insets. Arched windows set in bays framed by brick courses. Altered Some storefronts _Date Moved Date 5.
Lot size: 9,991 sq. ft. One acre or less X Over one acre Approximate frontage Approximate distance of building from street PLEASANT ST. 6. Recorded by_ Kenneth Champlin FROHP Organization_ Date 2/11/81 (over) 7. Original owner (if known) Thomas Greany Dry Goods Store and Apartments Original use Subsequent uses (if any) and dates 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Agricultural Architectural The Arts Commerce Communication Community development X Conservation Education Exploration/ settlement Industry Military Political Recreation Religion Science/ invention Social/ humanitarian Transportation 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) The Greany Building, a large four-story brick and granite commercial block, straddles the northeast corner of Flint and Pleasant Streets and can be considered the "heart" of the Flint.
Erected between 1890-92 by Thomas Greany, in the 1890's the building housed Greany Dry Goods and/or Greany, The Mason, depending on the year and whim of Mr. Greany- In 1896, the Rinfret Bros., clothiers, operated a substantial business at #1288, in the portion of the building furthest east from the intersection. The upper fIoors provided living space for 15 families. The building appears to echo the scale and ornamentation of the Academy, the premier downtown commercial building-- although the Greany Building is obviously only a vernacular rendition of the High Victorian Style. In its style, materials and workmanship, the Greany Building is clearly superior to other commercial buildings in local shopping areas such as the Flint.
It utilizes a lively combination of brick, granite and terra cotta in a simple but sophisticated design which responds to the corner site and sloping topography of the street. As one of the finest late 19th century commercial blocks in Fall River, the building meets Criteria C of the National Register individually. 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps,etc.) Atlas 1895: Shown 1883: Smaller, different building shown Water Dept: Thomas Greany, April 30, 1892, #2621 Bldg. Dept: Flint Street #293, 9/29/1891, brick & stone corner Pleasant, store and tenement, 45x120, 4 st. stone found. $6000 Directory : 1891 Thomas Greany, mason; Mrs.
Thomas, dry goods, 336 Pleasant Street * (7-81) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Continuation sheet Item number For NPS use only received date entered Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Page 5 f0 Name State Fall River Multiple Resource Area MA Nomination/Type of Review 41. Foster Spinning Co. Substantive Revlew Keeper Date/Signature 1/16/5) Bruce anDul 42. Globe Yarn Mills Entered in tue National Regiater Attest fkeeper Attest zpel8s Olmabigen 43. Granite Mills Bubstantive Review -/CWNER OBJECTION Keeper Attest 44. Greany Building Entered in the National Register teeper e/e/83 atilmuzun Attest 45. Hargraves Mill #1 Entered in the National Register fReeper t/0/13 Aulmueßger Attest 46. Hathaway, James D., House Entered in the Batlonad Beaister f Reeper 4/1c/83 silueßzen Attest 47.
Highlands Historic District Entered in the Wational Register fKeeper 2/10/83 OdelmueByer Attest abetantive Review 48. Hiker, The, (statue) Keeper RS Attest 49. House at 108-112 Quarry Street Entered in the fReeper National Begister Attest 50. Jesus Marie Convent Entered in the poReeper National Begister Attest 2p0/83 LelmaByu 114/83 AelreByen MATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES alted Ctacoo ne al thra tabartas EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET Greany Building (Fall River MRA) Bristol County MASSACHUSETTS rosubmission nomination by person or local government orenor objoction appoal Substantivo Roviow: Working No. 15/83-15 Fad. Rag. Data: 2-7-84 Data Dua: 2/3/83-2/19/83 AÇtion: LACCEPT 3/16/83 Fatereà I Natlonal Register - RETURN REJECT_ Fodoral Agoncy: _sample _raquest i_ appeal _ NR decision Roviomor's commonts: Rocom./Critoria_ Roviower Disciplino.
Date _soo continuation shoot -Nomination returnad for: -tachnical corrections citad boiow _substantivo roasons discussad bolow 1. Namo 2. Location 3. Classification poraaas koo 4. Owner of Property 3. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Ms poponty tomn tncraines oigan? = 7. Description norte redore noda co _ uronsara - ararod - Kao Co and crtopaus (ol baareral aoayotadd angaareas summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/Integrity datos boundary selection 8. Significance Peried lross of SignificanceCheck and justity balow Specific dates Sudider Architect Statement of Significanee (in ene peregraph) summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception other 9.
Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quedrangle neme _ UMT Reterences Verbel boundary description and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evalusted significance of this property within the state is: national local State Historic Preservation Officer signature date tttle 13. Other Maps Photographs Other Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to . Signed - Date Phone: 202 272 -3504 Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet ONE WA Visit COFFEÉ BAR Royal Crown Cola SOUSA'S MARKET Fall River MRA, Ma 1270-1288 Pleasant st. Greany Building Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000279