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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston - - - - - In Area no. Form no. Bt7$ 498 , 1. Town Fall River, Mass. Address_1588 S. Main St. Name_ St. Patrick's Church Present use church 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number C / II - 4. Map. Draw sketch of building Iocation in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. 270- - A SLMUE 922 Present owner R.C. Bishop of Fall River 3. Description: Large stone church w/central projecting tower. Date_1881-1889 Source_ Cornerstone Style Gothic Architect Patrick Keely Exterior wail fabric branite Outbuildings (describe) Othe eaturesestoil wandasn/nectangu walls above the aisle roofs. Buttres: ed corners. Central portion blocked forward w/ open 4 gabled clock tower w/crosses Gothic windows w/tracery Altered Date Moved Date 5.
Lot size: 53,820 sq.ft. One acre or less - Over one acre x Approximate frontage Approximate distance of building from street S. 207' MAIN ST 6. Recorded by_ P. Giza Organization F.R.O.H.P. Date 7-23-80 (over) 7. Original owner (if known) St. Patrick'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 X X 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: Founded in 1873 by Rt. Rev. Thomas Hendricken, Bishop of Providence. Rev. John Kelly, who came to this city from Newport, was appoint- ed first pastor. Father Kelly celebrated the first mass in St.
Patrick''s parish, in a building known as the "broom factory" situated close to where St. Anne's Hospital now stands. On Sept. 18, 1881 Bishop Hendricken, assisted by a large number of local & vistting clergy, laid the cornerstone. The ediftce was opened to public worship in 1889. A simple Gothic Revival stone church with a rectangular nave with clerestory,. a projecting clock & bell tower with a large Gothic window; the building cor- ners are embellished w/decorative buttresses. This style was loosely based on English parish churches. One of three major Catholic churches in Fall River designed by Patrick C. Keely, probably America's first Catholic ecclesiastical architect. By 1873 the Irish Catholic population throughout the city had increased manyfold, so that additional parishes were founded in other parts of the city; St.
Patrick's was built to accommodate the Catholics in the southern part of the city and remains a key landmark in this less dense part of the city. The church 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 Water Dept.- St. Patrick's Church- April 30,1888-App. #4285 Fall River Herald News clipping- Sept. 23, 1948 Fall River Daily Herald- Sept. 19,1881 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 HPS use only 115163 recalved date entered Page q af, Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Fall River Multiple Resource Area MA Inminotion/Type of Review 81. St. Joseph's Orphanage Substantive Review Date/Signature Keeper dets tanhaDrl Enfered If 82. St. Louis Church rieton 83. St. Mary's Cathedral and Regtit6fed in the Natlonal Register Attest fKeeper Attest Keeper 716/83 Odelomayer 84. St. Patrick's Church Intered in the NationalRegister Attest fkeeper 85. Stafford Mills Entered in the Natlonal Eegietor Attest fReeper 86. Union Mills Entered In National Register 87. Valentine-French House Intered in the NationalRegister Entered In the National Register 88. Wampanoag Mills Attest fReeper Attest fkleeper Attest /Keeper 89. Winslow, Luther Jr., House Intered In the NetApnal Begtater Attest tKeeper 90.
Woman's Club of Fall River Entered in the NAstopaL RoeLeten Attest /Keeper Attest 2/16/83 Aelourbzen tp0/83 alulmuBzen 2p6/83 MelousByun 7/4/83 Aelousßyen 3/k/83 AiloucDyen 7/6/83 AelmBye z/k/83 debresByen 2/k/83 Selmußyen NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES - fabarter baltad S0 Natlanal EYALUATION / RETURN SHEET St. Patrick's Church (Fall River MRA) Bristol County MASSACHUSETTS rosubmission nomination by parson or local government ornor objoction appoal Substantivo Roviow: Rovionor's commanta: Working No. 1/5/85-15 Fod. Rag. Date 2.7:54 Dato Duo: /3783- 2/19/8 Action: ACCEPT 216(83 Entered In the _ RETURN REJECT. National Begistgoncy: _ Fodoral _sample _request i appeal _ NR decision -Nomination returnad for: Rocom. /Critoria. Roviower_ Discipiino. Dato- _aoo continuation shoet _tochnical corractions citad below -substantivo roasons discussad bolow 1. Namo 2. Location 3.
Classification crpdalo 4. Owner of Property Preacat uao 5. Location of Legal Description - 6. Représentation in Existing Surveys - - 7. Description nast ratoo _ Mhaos fol eaoroas poasotaas cogacreaas summary paragraph complotanoss clarity alterations/intagrity dates boundary soloction 8. Significance Peried Arees of Stewificance Chack and juatity botom Budider Arehiteet pecific dates Btatement el Significanco (In ono paragraph) summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource coniext relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quedrengle neme UMT References Varbel boundary description and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaiuated significance of this property within the state is: - national -state - local 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 NAME: LOCATION: PHOTO CREDIT: NEGATIVE FILED AT: IDENTIFICATION: phots # lof 2 St. Patrick's Church 1588 South Main Street Fall River, Mass, Pamela Shields (1981) Fall River Office of Historic Preservation One Government Center Fall River, Mass, 02722 (PSNR-12-3) St. Patrick's Church Front Facade, looking east FallRive MRA Ma St. Fatricks Church 1588 So. Main CP LL-35a Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000279