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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston - 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number Unot. 5- 3A - - 4. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. N ROCLIFFE 1058 PLEASANT ST. In Area no. Form no. 492 KH6/46 1. Town Fall River, Mass. Address -1058 Pleasant St. Name_ Pocasset Firehouse_#7 Present use Firehouse and Police Sub-station Present owner City of Fall River 3. Description: 2st. brick w/hip roof. Date 1873 Source cornerstone Style_High Victorian Architect_ Hartwell & Swazey Exterior wall fabric red brick w/ granite trim Outbuildings (describe) Other features round arched windows w/ voussoirs, hipped roof dormer, elaborate cornice. Altered addition Date 1898 Moved Date 5. Lot size: 10,684 sq.ft.
One acre or less x Over one acre Approximate frontage Approximate distance of building from street 10' 6. Recorded by K. Champlin/P. Giza FROHP Organization Date 1/24/80 (over) 7M-7-77 7. Original owner (if known)_ City of Fall River Original use_ Engine House Subsequent uses (if any) and dates 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Agricultural Architectural The Arts Commerce Communication Community development Conservation Education Exploration/ settlement Industry Military Political Recreation Religion Science/ invention Social/ humanitarian Transportation 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) One of four distinguished Ruskinian Gothic brick and granite Fire Stations designed by Hartwell & Swazey and built in 1873 (Stewart, Snow & Fass, contractors), all of which are still standing.
The firm of Hartwell & Swazey also designed the Central Congregational Church and the Academy Building. In 1895, an extension was built on the west side of the main structure for the accomodation of a hook and ladder truck. A portion of the building was used as a police station. Built strategically in several quarters of the city, these fire stations were built in anticipation of the completion of the Fall River Water- Norks, and were considered to be the most modern fire-fighting stations of the period. Ruskinian Gothic was "the style" for public buildings in Fall River circa 1873-1880. This fire station is an intact, richly detailed structure, representative of the fine architectural quality of public buildings erected during Fall River's period of greatest prosperity; it meets Criteria A and C of the National Register of Historic Places.
Source for architects' and contractors' names: Auditor's Report(1875) found in City Documents 1870-1875. 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) Atlas 1895: Shown 1883: Shown 1871: Not Shown Bldg. Dept.: City of Fall River, June 8, 1898 #150, brick engine house 33x632, 2st. Water Dept.: City of Fall River, Aug. 5, 1898, engine house #7458 Hist. of Fire Dept., Capt. Thomas E. Lynch, 1911 p.160 NPS Form 10-900-a (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Continuation sheet Item number OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 For NPS use only received 45%) date entered Page 7 af 10 Multiple Resource Area Thematie Group Name State Fall River Multiple Resource Area *Inminotion/Type of Review 61. Notre .Dame School SubstantIve Heview 62.
Oak Grove Cemetery 63. Osborn Street School 64. Picard, Israel, House 65. Pilgrim Mills 66y Pine Street School Intered in the Natlonal Regieter 67. Pocasset Firehouse #7 Intered in the Natlonal Begister 68. 5° Prince Henry The Navigator (statue) Substantive Review 69. Quequechan Club Intered in the Matlonal Begister 70.
Quequechan Valley Mills Historic District Enteredin tha Mational Register Keeper Attest Entered in the Natlona1 Register frKeeper Attest Entered in the Mat1onal Register f-Réeper Intered in the National Register Entered in the Hetional Register Attest fKeeper Attest frKeeper Attest fKeeper Attest Keeper Attest Keeper Attest fKeeper Attest fotkéeper Attest Date/Signature Hlbkg tmhnanl 2pc/83 AllouBgun t/c/8 AehueByer 210/83 Zkeloueßzen 3/6183 Alelmeßzen 2/16/83 SelreeByera 2pc/83 delerßgen RS 2/16/83 Aebueßzen 2/16/83 AlelmuBgun IATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES inited States Dep artmont of thho laderie iatlonsl Park Service EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET Pocasset Firehouse #7 (Fall River MRA) Bristol County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Roviower's comments: Working No. 15/83-15 Fed. Reg.
Date: 207,84 Date Due: 2/3/8 3 219/83 Action: C ACCEPT- 264/53 Entered In the - RETURN. National Registor _ REJECT- Federal Agency:- _ sample _ request _ appeal - NR decision -Nomination returned for: Recom. /Criteria. Reviewer_ Discipline Date se continuation sheet - technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Prosons uos Pablle Aopstetete 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys fa thle property taon emterained eligdbte? - 7. Description - - doteron ruins Boch en uattered _aitered of and ertgioad (ol tumormmel istrgate summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection Choch ene -moved 8.
Significance Perled Arees of Sign pecifie dates Statoment ol Signilicanoo (in eno peregraph) Chook and justify belem Bulieior:Arehiteet 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 Qusdrangle neme UMT References Varbal boundary description and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _ netional -- state _ local State Historic Preservation Officer signature date 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 NAME: Pocasset Fire House No. 7 LOCATION: 1058 Pleasant Street MRA Fall River, Mass. PHOTO CREDIT: Pamela Shields (1981) NEGATIVE FILED AT: Fall River Office of Historic Preservation One Government Center Fall River, Mass. 02722 (PSNR-14-1) IDENTIFICATION: photo#1of2 Pocasset Fire House 3/4 view, looking east INST 5-3A POCASSET FIRE STATION 1058 PLEASANT ST Fall River MRA, Ma Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000279