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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston - Large salmon brick church with - square corner tower. Triple pointed-arch windows. In Area no. , 1. Town Fall River, Ma. Address1355 No. Main St.- Name St. Joseph's Church Present use church 497 Form no. 1548/ 16t// 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number CI-I-E - 7. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. NORTH MÃIN 1220 83° N NORTA a/8- BEL MONT 168' Present owner St. Joseph's Church Lge. salmon brick church w/ 3. Description:granite trim, sq. corner tower - Date_1880 Source cornerstone Style High Victorian Gothic (Ruskinian) Architect Patrick C.
Keely Exterior wall fabric salmon brick Outbuildings (describe) Other features Repeated feature: triple pointed-arch windows w/ brick & stone enframements. Tower blocked forward, 3 pointed-arch entrances, granite banding. Altered Date Moved no Date 5. Lot size: 41,862 sq. ft. One acre or less "x Over one acre Approximate frontage Approximate distance of building from street at sidewalk 6. Recorded by_ P. Giza Organization F.R.O.H.P. Date Oct. 7, 1980 (over) 7. Original owner (if known) St. Joseph's Church Original use church 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) Parish History: St. Joseph's was founded in the spring of 1873 to serve North End Catholics who until then belonged to St. Mary's Cathedral. The first St. Joseph's Church was a temporary edifice on Vestal St., which was later moved to the present site on North Main St. & Weetamoe Street. The congrega- tion rapidly increased & on Monday, April 5, 1880,ground was broken for con- struction of a new church. The church was formally dedicated in 1885 by Bish Hendricken. For a time, French-speaking Catholics attended St. Joseph's, but as their number increased, they formed a parish St. Mathieu's in 1887. St. Joseph's rectory was built in 1889. A handsome, High Victorian Gothic structure, St. Joseph's is one of three distinguished churches designed by Patrick C.
Keely, one of the country's leading Catholic ecclesiastical architects. His reputation was established locally with the design for St. Mary's Cathedral (1852-1856). St. Joseph's was built to accommodate the growing.numbers of Catholics who had settled in the northern section of the city in the 1870's to work in the northern mills (Border City, Narragansett, Mechanics, Sagamore). Keely, an Irish immigrant, was a leading exponent of the Gothic Revival; St. Joseph's is unique in that it follows the more popular style--Victorian Gothic--for public buildings in Fall River c.1876-1880. The use of brick instead of granite here was common in this neighborhood, as brick was more economical to ship by water, than to haul stone down the steep hills. Located opposite the North Burial Ground, St. Joseph's is an important visual landmark in the northern section of the city.
It retains its integrity of design, workmanship and setting; it meets Criteria A and C of the National Register of Historic Places. 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, - early maps, etc.) Atlas of Bristol County- 1895- structure shown 1883- structure shown 1871- no structure Fall River Herald News- March 15, 1977 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 recelved /s°7 date antered Page 8ufio Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Fall River Multiple Resource Area *Inminotion/Type of Review 71. Read, Nathan, House 72. Ruggles Park 73. Sagamore Mill No. 2 74. Sagamore Mills #1 and #3 75. Sanford Spinning Co. 76. Santo Christo Church 77.
Seaconnet Mills 78. Smith, John Mace, House 79. St. Anne's Church and Parisintered in the Complex National Register 80. St. Joseph's Church Entered in the Natippal Begister Substantive Review Keeper Entered In the Attest Nat1ona1 Reglstor fKeeper Entered in the Attest National Register fKeeper Attest Entered in ,the National Begleter 6keeper Attest Entered In fhe fKeeper National Registor Entered in the National Register Attest fReeper Entered in the National Register Attest Reeper Entered in the National Register Attest /Keeper Attest K'eeper Attest fkeeper Attest Date/Signature 216/83 Brchannl 2/14/83Aelmsßgen 7/0/83 delmßzer zpc/83 AelouaByee 8/0/83 ar0/83 Aelrea Byer 2/10/83 Aelraßzen 7o/3 AelmuBgen 2/16/83 Aeloresßgen 2p6/83 delmußyen NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES of thro labartas EYALUATION / RETURN SHEET Natke St.
Joseph's Church (Fall River MRA) Bristol County MASSACHUSETTS rosubmission nomination by porson or local governmant omnar objoction appoal Substantiva Roviow: Raviowor's comments: Working No. 1/5/35-15 Fad. Rag. Data: Dato Duo: 2/3783-2/19/83 Action: LACCEPT 2/16/83 Eatered in tlin - RETURN Iat1ona1 Begistergandy: - - REJECT. Fodoral _sampia _roquest _appeal - NR decision Rocom. /Critaria Roviowar Disciplino. Dato continuation shoot -Momination raturnad for: -tochnical corroctions citad below _substantivo reasons discussad balom 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification eao 4. Ownor of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Représentation in Existing Surveys -mr posanty boa anconahed crnate? -100 - 10 7.
Description naloe - morod casdbo eho cnd ertapras pol basarsas pluyabaal csgacrass summary paragraph complotoness clarity altorations/intogrity datos boundary selaction 8. Significance Peried brees ef Si Specifie dates Statoment el Stgnificance (In ano paragraph od lustity bedew Budlaer:Architeet 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 Quadrangie neme - UMT References Verbal boundary description and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _national - _ state - locai State Historic Preservation Officer signature date title 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 st osech's Church 1355 GoTnain CPI -#8. front wew 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