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DESCRIPTION The Quincy Point Fire Station is a brick Colonial Revival public building located at the intersection of Cleverly Court and the busy thoroughfare of Washington Street which leads to Weymouth and Hingham; to the south, just under 1,000' away, is the Fore River Bridge (1924, MHC #917). The topography of Quincy Point area is flat and mostly made up of single and double family residences, many constructed by the U. S. Government Housing Corp. in a frenetic two-year period, 1918-1919 (see area MHC #AK) and post-1920 residential and commercial infill, especially on Washington Street. The Quincy Point Fire Station is the third fire station to be built on the site. The first structure was the home of "Vulture Engine and Company;" built in 1844 it was an archetypal Greek Revival station with a closed pediment, two bays and an open cupola at the ridge line (Mood, pp. 12, 34).
In 1893, a "new" station, the second, replaced the earlier station; it was a hard edged Shingle Style square building under a hip roof with a front projecting, hip roof pavilion filled with a large entrance bay in the center for "Hose 4" (hose wagon) and a tall square tower in the back used to drain and dry the cotton and rubber hoses of the period. Before its demolition in 1940, the Works Progress Administration rendered measured drawings of this 1893 building (Building Department, WPA Project No. 17727, Job No. 128). The present Quincy Point Fire Station is the third. Built in 1941 to the designs of George Ernest Robinson, Boston architect, it is one of the finest Colonial Revival public buildings in the city of Quincy. No alterations or additions detract from the original massing of the building.
The architectural history of fire stations in Quincy reflects in microcosm that of the United States. (The American Firehouse: An Architectural and Social History by Rebecca Zurier) In 1976 Robert N. Mood, Quincy Firefighter, wrote as a project for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bicentennial Grants Program a detailed history of the Quincy Fire Department, called QFD: A History of Municipal Fire Protection in the City of Quincy. Modd introduces the material with a fine history of the development of the Fire Department. In QFD, architecture is related to in terms of the functions of the building rather than to its form or style. The earliest structures were storage buildings for the "Hand Engine Companies 1818-1884," fire engines known as "common engines" or "bucket tubs." They were all simple, residentially scaled, gabled Greek Revival buildings.
Some have been recycled into residences (Mood, p. 29, 32). They were called "engine houses" or "hose houses." The next development in fire fighting equipment were the "Chemical Engines, 1875-1893" combination chemical and hand engines. The structures housing these machines reflected the same stylistic trend of residential architecture. On page 35, Mood illustrates the Wollaston Chemical Engine at Houghs Neck, 1886, a Gothic Revival Cottage complete with decorated bargeboards and gable (continued) NPS Form 10-000e (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approvei No. 1024-0018 _ Page . Quincy Point Fire Station Quincy (Norfolk County) Massachusetts Section number - trusses.
The "Steamers," steam fire engines, appeared in 1882 and were in use until 1919, first pulled by horses, and later by tractors (1914) and finally, run by gasoline engines. Ladder trucks and hose wagons were in general use from the 1860s to the 1970s. Today, all fire engines store their own ladders, hose and pumps. By 1893, the Quincy Fire Department was a well organized city paid force and no longer a varied conglomerate of volunteer fraternal organization. The stations built were larger and housed not just one element of the fire fighting apparatus, but all, the engine, the ladders and the hose, with housing on the second floor for the firefighters. Central Station and Quincy Point Station (second on site) both built in 1893, were fine examples of this type of station. Central was a large brick, three bay structure with a tall hose tower (Mood, p.
44) while Quincy Point was a clapboarded hip roof structure. Their ground floors had high ceilings needed for the stabling of horses. Later, under the administration of Mayor Thomas S. Burgin, a new program of fire station replacement began, partly in response to the devastating Quincy unemployment brought on by the Depression and partly in need to update the Fire Department. The old Central Station was the first to go, to be followed by Quincy Point Station. Both these stations were replaced by impressive Colonial Revival structures designed by George E. Robinson. George E. Robinson was selected to design the new Quincy Central Fire Station in 1938 for he had already proven himself as a fine designer of fire stations who understood their functions and the program of the firefighters.
Rebecca Zurier writes that "the new mood (in the 1930s) of specialization and professionalism in government that affected the fire service extended to its architecture as well. The most striking example was George Ernest Robinson, a Boston architect who billed himself as a specialist in the design of fire stations." (The American Firehouse, p. 179). Robinson, educated at M.I.T., designed post offices, schools and theaters and was particularly interested in housing the "fire boys." He was a frequent speaker at the meetings of firemen's associations, he published his buildings and theoretical writings in both firemen's and architects' journals. (Fire Engineering, December 25, 1926 and May 27, 1931). His reputation increased in the thirties and forties and fire departments throughout New England hired him to design fire stations.
In Quincy, he was responsible for the new Central Fire Station (1938, NR:1989, 26 Quincy Avenue, MHC #295), a large longitudinal brick Colonial Revival structure with four segmental keystoned arched openings and embellished with Georgian details, the West Quincy Fire Station (1939, 160 Copeland Street, MHC #458), another Colonial Revival building, simpler and smaller than Central Fire Station, and during wartime, the Squantum Fire Station (1943, 50 Huckins Avenue, MHC #443), a simple traditional structure. The stations were well integrated in their neighborhoods; the Colonial Revival Style was the prevailing (continued) NPS Form 10-000- (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Quincy Point Fire Station Quincy (Norfolk County) 7 Massachusetts OMB Approvel No.
1024-0018 Section number Page residential mode as well as the favored style for public buildings. The 1941 Quincy Point Fire Station is a solid, brick, T-shaped structure set on a low foundation under a slate hip roof. The 50' facade is dominated by a large slightly projecting 36' wide gambbreled frontispiece. The station's impressive presence and the two slightly arched bays identify the structure as a fire station. These bays are filled with wood panelled royal blue overhead doors with two rows of lights inserted at mid-level.
Above them are three eight-over-twelve sash windows (lighting the Common Room) and a gable rondel in which are inscribed the dates: "1625/1640/1792" above a water scene / "1888" and below with the work "Quincy." Gone is the colorful iconography (known as "firemanic" ornament) of the third quarter of the 19th century when fire stations were covered with flames, hydrants, reliefs of firemen rescuing children and other heroic scenes. Only the bays and the works "Engine 3" indicate a public building built for the fire safety of Quincy Point. Subtle Colonial Revival details include the row of splayed headers over the bays (a similar treatment was used in the 1893 Central Station, illustrated in Mood, p.
73), the raised four brick wide stringcourse, the white trim contrasting with the red colored brick and the rectangular and gambreled gable massing reminiscent of one of Quincy's most famous gambreled 18th century residences, the Vassell-Adams House (NHL:1966, 135 Adams Street, ca. 1731, MHC #3). Two large brick chimneys pierce the end slopes of the slate roof. In a 1940 original colored pencil drawing by George Robinson hanging in the Common Room of the station, a balustrade is shown between the two chimneys which does not now exist and probably never did. In a 1947 photograph, it does not appear. Behind the drawing is noted: "This architect's drawing was purchased at the time the city was considering the demolition of the old Fire Station. The new station conforms to this drawing in almost every detail. Originally presented to Mayor Burgin by George E.
Robinson/architect." On the original plans of George Robinson (Building Department, Plan No. 14 of Quincy Point Fire Station) the door of the south elevation is given a high style treatment with a rusticated surround and a richly molded entablature on top. Probably due to budgetary restrictions, this treatment did not materialize. This south entrance (treated as the main pedestrian entrance) duplicates the simple design, a door under a row of headers in a splayed pattern, of the north entrance which leads to the stairs. The north side elevation, which consists of the 24' side of the front massing and a 36' recessed wing (creating the "T"), is similar to the south elevation facing Cleverly Court; both show the flat rubber-elevation is simply fenestrated; basement windows light the storage area below while a recessed door leads to the anteroom.
The interior of the fire station is unexpectedly modern. Where one might expect the architectural conservativeness to be continued indoors, one encounters a surprising (continued) NPS Form 10-900-e (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 Quincy Point Fire Station Quincy (Norfolk County) Massachusetts Section number _ Page - "moderne" treatment executed in glazed, salmon colored brick and stained woodwork. The effect is a neat, sparse, functional space. The smooth sleek lines of the curved office wall, of the rounded corners, and of the rear arch contribute to creating a "Streamline" interior that must have seemed sleek and very new in 1941. The glazed brick is laid flush (one row of stretchers, and one row of headers alternating with stretchers) to create a smooth surface.
All the corners are rounded and the corner office wall housing the "watch desk" is curved. These elements of modernism in a Colonial Revival envelope do not indicate architectural schizophrenia but rather an understanding of the needs of the people served by the institution. The exterior is familiar; it suits its environment and its traditional style by emphasizing the more neighborly aspect of the fireman's job. A modern station in 1941 would have seemed unfamiliar and unfriendly. Inside, the modernity is acceptable for it relates the evergrowing technological side of firefighting. Gone is the tall tower of the past used for drying hoses. In 1941, the firefighters at Quincy Point Station dried their hoses on a "hose drying rack" located in the basement. Later, a special oven placed in the southwest corner of the apparatus room was used for this procedure.
Today (1993) the oven has been removed for the vinyl or polyester hoses no longer need to be rinsed; they are rooled back onto the truck immediately after use. At the rear of the ground floor is a chamfered solid brick balustrade protecting the short run of steps leading to the kitchen/eating area (since the beginning of the 20th century, a new addition to fire stations). To the right of the stairs is a dramatic arch, perhaps the architect's obeisance to the magnificent wide arched bays of past Quincy station. It separates the rear anteroom from the apparatus room and endows the interior with dignity and monumentality. Only the ceiling reflects the Colonial Revival Style of the exterior; it is composed of wood beams and boards and seems an effective and attractive foil to the glazed brick.
On the second floor, there is a Common Room for the firefighters, two rooms for the officers, two dormitories, a large shower room and storage space. Sliding poles, present in all fire stations since 1878 when they were invented by a Chicago fireman, and still in use today, are three in number. They are located in the two dormitories and in the Common Room. Operating out of the station is Engine 3, a red 1,500 gallon pumper engine (1982) with 12' ladders and 24' ladder extensions. As early as 1882 fire trucks were "painted red with gold trim," yet there was a thirty year period in Quincy, 1939 to 1969, when the "standard vermilion" had given way to the color white. The second vehicle is a HAZMAT Unit (Hazardous Materials Van) which is the 1993 version of the rescue car of the 19th century; it is the only one in Quincy and therefore services the whole city.
(continued) NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 Quincy Point Fire Station Quincy (Norfolk County) Massachusetts Section number - 7, 8 Page 3, 1 Archaeological Description No prehistoric sites are located on the property or in the general area (within one mile). In general, the potential for prehistoric survivals is low because locational characteristics of the parcel (slope, drainage, proximity to water) are not well suited for Native American subsistence and settlement activities. A low to moderate potential also exists for locating historic archaeological survivals. Construction of the present fire station in 1941 undoubtedly had an impact on potential structural remains from the earlier 1844 and 1894 fire stations built at this locations.
The existing fire station has a basement and covers most of the lot indicating little room for archaeological survivals to remain intact. In the event structural or artifact/feature survivals still exist from the 1844 and 1894 fire stations, they may be of great significance to this nomination. Survivals from these structures could help document the evolution of fire fighting in Quincy and how these developments related to state-of-the-art trends in fire fighting for the period. Analysis of artifact remains from the site could provide technological information for fire stations in general as well as detailed information on firemen who worked and resided at the stations. (end) 8.
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The Quincy Point Fire Station at 615 Washington Street possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association and meets Criteria A and C of the National Register of Historic Places. The Fire Station meets Criteria A for its linkage with the development of the City of Quincy. Designed by George Ernest Robinson, a Boston architect nationally recognized for fire station design, the 1941 Quincy Point Fire Station meets Criteria C as a fine unaltered example of a brick Colonial Revival institutional structure. The Quincy Point Fire Station is of local significance.
The history of fire protection in Quincy (then part of the Town of Old Braintree) began in 1644 when an act was passed stating: "Every householder in this town, shall, by the first day of March ensuing, have a ladder of his to stand up against his chimney, to secure them and the town from fire, or else shall be liable to pay what penalty the town men shall impose on them" (Edwards, p. 216-217). In 1792, just after Quincy became a town, the Quincy Fire Association was formed among the inhabitants for the mutual (continued) NPS Form 10-900 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Quincy Point Fire Station Quincy (Norfolk County) Massachusetts Section number Page 2 protection of each other's property in case of fire. This volunteer association used buckets, hooks, and ladders.
In 1812 Quincy acquired a Thayer of Boston "bucket tub," its first major piece of fire apparatus. Over the years the Fire Association divided into separate volunteer companies which continued until the town accepted full municipal responsibility for fire protection when an act authorizing the establishment of a fire department in Quincy was passed on April 8, 1853. The first chemical engine, the "Little Giant," came to Quincy in 1875; built by the Kingsford Foundry & Machine Works of Oswego, N.Y., it was a combination chemical and hand engine. (Robert N. Mood, QFD: A History of Municipal Fire protection in the City of Quincy, p. 35) Another milestone in the history of the Quincy Fire Department occurred in 1881 - a much-need steam fired engine, a Columbia was purchased (for $3,900) and designated 'Quincy No.
1." The next step to ensure efficient fire fighting was taken in 1882 when the town voted to install a telegraphic fire alarm system (Mood, p. 95-97). Four years later, in 1886, the Quincy Firemen's Relief Association was organized "to provide aid and relief to the members disabled while in the discharge of their duty as members of the fire department of the town Quincy" (Mood, p. 17). The present fully paid Quincy Fire Department was established on March 4, 1889; it was Quincy's powered waterpumping fire engine, nicknamed "Rivadavia" or "The Big Pump," which saw service in the Quincy Fire Department from 1917-1919, was actually built at Quincy Point's Fore River Shipyard "to demonstrate the superiority of the Fore River engines throughout the country" (Mood, p.
Running parallel to the development of the fire department and its apparatus is that of the water supply system for fire fighting. In 1837 a town well was dug at the head of Granite Street to be specifically used for fire protection. A program was started in 1856 to build reservoirs in different areas of Quincy. By 1874 Quincy had one of the earliest high pressure hydrant systems in the country (Mood, p.95-97). The Quincy Point neighborhood, where the Quincy Point Fire Station is located, was once called the Old Fields District; Joseph Lincoln Whiton described it as "a beautiful country village with the shady elm trees" ("Quincy Point As I Knew It," p. 5). Quincy Point is bounded by Quincy Avenue (west), Elm Street (north), Town River Bay (east) and the Weymouth Fore River and the Braintree Town Line (south).
Although some inhabitants of Quincy Point were associated with the nearby granite and other industries, the prime reason for the development of the Point was the commercial maritime industry located on the Town and Fore Rivers. Two huge industrial complexes dominated Quincy Point, placing a large responsibility on the Quincy Point Fire Station: the giant Fore River Shipyard (97 East Howard Street, 1900, MHC #394) and the (continued) NPS Form 10-000 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approvai No. 1024-0018 Quincy Point Fire Station Quincy (Norfolk County) Massachusetts Section number . Page _ 3 Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Co., (780 Washington Street, 1939/1940, MHC #279), located at the Fore River Bridge.
Shipbuilding burgeoned during the 1900 to 1950 period in Quincy and by 1919 the city's leading industry was attracting over 16,000 workers. Quincy Point's Fore River Ship & Engine Company, a subsidiary of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, was the most important of Quincy's shipbuilding enterprises and one of the foremost modern shipbuilding plants of the United States. World War I accelerated expansion of the production activity at the Fore River Shipyards and created an imperative need for worker housing. In response to this demand, the United States Housing Corporation built 256 residences in the Quincy Point area between 1918 and 1919.
This combination of "combustible industries" (Annual Report of the City of Quincy, 1948) and many more neighborhood residences apparently induced the 1939 Annual Report to recommend "that a building program be mapped out to replace the following stations: Quincy Point and Houghs Neck... the Quincy Point Station is in poor condition and needs immediate attention" (p. 265). Plans were quickly developed for the Quincy Point Fire Station; it was occupied by January 20, 1942. The Houghs Neck Station was not constructed until 1947. The 1941 Quincy Point Fire Station was preceded by two earlier stations, the 1844 'Vulture' and the 1893 'Hose 4,' all sited in approximately the same location.
Joseph Lincoln Whiton recalls the early fire fighting days in Quincy Point: "Our means of fire protection was to go to the old Methodist Church which was then on the corner of Washington Street and South Street, and ring the bell. This gave the alarm for the volunteer fire department to man the old hand tub 'Vulture'..." ("Quincy Point As I Knew It," p. 2). The 'Vulture's motto was "Our Aim the Public Good" (Mood, p. 24). In 1893 the town fathers bought additional land at the corner of Cleverly and Washington Streets for $1,397.81, bringing the size of the fire station lot to 9,655 square feet. They also appropriated $4,500 to build 'Hose 4,' a new Shingle Style station. At that time the Quincy Point company was entirely composed of voluntary call men. In 1898 'Hose 4' at Quincy Point was made a permanent company with a chief and six call men.
In 1907 the horse drawn Atlantic Chemical was shifted to Quincy Point; it was succeeded by 'Engine 3,' manned by two officers and eight men. This station was demolished, along with a two-story store/dwelling at 611 Washington Street, in May 1941 to make way for the new Quincy Point Fire Station. The demolition contractor was John J. Duane & Co. (continued) NPS Form 10-900e (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Quincy Point Fire Station Quincy (Norfolk County) Massachusetts OMB Approvei No. 1024-0018 Section number 8 Page - 4 There was much controversy over the cost of the 1941 Quincy Point Fire Station. The Quincy Taxpayers Association claimed $55,000 was too much to spend on a fire station.
This may have been because the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which had helped fund 525 new fire stations across the United States, and had assisted so many other Quincy public works projects, was winding down by 1941 and devoting its energy and resources to the war effort (Zurier, p. 200, 207). The cornerstone for the new station was laid on August 30, 1941 by Mayor Thomas S. Burgin who remarked his father was present just 48 years ago at the same site when the old (1893) station was dedicated. A copper box was set in the cornerstone which contained a copy of the August 18, 1941 Quincy Patriot Ledger, the 1940 city report and the July report of the city auditor, among other artifacts (Patriot Ledger, Aug. 30, 1941, p. 14). The 1941 Annual Report of the City of Quincy reported: "The City Council appropriated the sum of $50,000 for the construction of a Fire Station at Quincy Point.
The building constructed on the site of the old station was substantially completed on December 31, 1941. Mr. George Ernest Robinson was the Architect and John Hamre & Son, Contractors. The building in design and construction is a credit to both the architect and builders." baion, nah desi ged alk or ese ebinstant, ahs dirtigney (f t5) Runctiuing ioint Fiye. His first commission, completed in 1938, was the Central Station (26 Quincy Avenue, 1938, NR:1989, MHC #295). Following this marked success he went on to design the West Quincy Fire Station, 160 Copeland Street (MHC #458) in 1939; in this project he worked with contractor John Hamre & Son, 55 Buckingham Road, Wollaston, who was also the contractor for the Quincy Point Fire Station in 1941. Robinson's last Quincy station was the Squantum Fire Station, 86 Huckins Avenue (MHC #444) in 1943.
The other four non-Robinson Quincy stations are: Wollaston Fire Station (111 Beale Street (1900, NR:1989, MHC #577); Houghs Neck Fire Station, designed by the Colletti Bros., (1080 Sea Street, 1947, MHC #107); Atlantic Fire Station, (311 Hancock Street, 1963) and the Germantown Fire Station (Doane Street, 1973). Robinson designed one additional building in Quincy other than a fire station: the handsome Colonial Revival Noyes Buick Co., now (1993) called South Shore Buick (40-64 Adams Street, 1940, MHC #186). Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) graduate, George Ernest Robinson opened his Boston architectural office in 1911. From 1914 to 1915 he joined Roland S. Simonds and Albert Macnaughton in the firm Simonds, MacNaughton & Robinson; from 1916 to 1924, the partnership became MacNaughton & Robinson.
Robinson was once (continued) NPS Form 10-800-e (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 Quincy Point Fire Station Quincy (Norfolk County) Massachusetts Section number 8, 9 Page _5, 1 again in a solo practice from 1924 to 1945, located at 80 Federal Street, Boston. During the course of his career, Robinson developed an architectural specialty in fire stations, designing them throughout New England and beyond. His works were regularly published in national journals; two Massachusetts stations, in Ayer and Needham, appeared in The Architectural Record of 1934 and 1935, and the Arlington, MA station is in Rebecca Zurier's The American Fire Station (1982).
The Quincy Point Fire Station is architecturally significant as one of Quincy's finest examples of an early 20th century Colonial Revival Public Building, designed by architect George Ernest Robinson, noted for his expertise and specialization in fire stations. Even while adapting to the newer fire fighting technology, the structure has retained its original architectural integrity and identity. The station is historically significant for its association with the development of the Quincy Point neighborhood and the sense of goriy eandoid encio ihy saic continuity it has engendered with the people served. The structure demonstrates the designer's subtle understanding of the unique blend of domestic and institutional elements which characterize a fire station of the 1930s and 1940s.
In the 1990s the well- designed building continues to function smoothly as a modern fire station protecting the Quincy Point neighborhood. (end) 9. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL RESOURCES BOOKS: Blumenson, John J.-G. Identifying American Architecture. Nashville, Tennessee: American Association for State and Local History, 1977. Edwards, William Churchill. Historic Quincy, Massachusetts. Quincy: City of Quincy, 1945, 1954, 1957. Fleming, John and Hugh Honour. The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books Ltd., 1966. Historic American Buildings Survey: Historic Buildings of Massachusetts. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976. Holly, H. Hobart. Quincy: 350 Years.
Quincy, Mass.: Quincy Heritage, Inc., 1974 (continued) NPS Form10-000 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Approvel No. 1024-0018 Quincy Point Fire Station Quincy (Norfolk County) Massachusetts Section number Page - 2 Bibliography (continued) Jordy, William H. American Buildings and Their Architects: Progressive and Academic Ideals at the Turn of the Twentieth Century. Garden City, New York: Anchor Press/Doubleday & Co., 1976. Liebs, Chester H. Main Street to Miracle Mile: American Roadside Architecture Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1985. Lyons, Paul Robert. Quincy: A Pictorial History. Norfolk, Virginia: The Donning Co., 1983. Privately printed by the Quincy Savings Bank. Maddes, Diane, ed. Built in the U.S.A.: American Buildings From Airports to Zoo. Washington, D.C.: The Preservation Press, 1985.
MASS COPAR. Directory of Boston Architects, 1846-1970. Massachusetts Committee for the Preservation of Architectural Records. Cambridge: 1984. Mood, Robert N. QFD: A History of Municipal Fire Protection in the City of Quincy. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Bicentennial Grants Program, 1976. Pattee, William S. History of Old Braintree and Quincy. Quincy: Green and Prescott, 1878. Rifkind, Carole. Main Street: The Face of Urban America. New York: Harper & Row, 1977. Survey of Architectural History in Cambridge. Report One: East Cambridge. Cambridge Historical Commission, 1963. Report Two: Mid Cambridge. CHC 1967. Report Three: Cambridgeport. CHC 1971. Report Four: Old Cambridge. CHC 1973. Report Five: Northwest Cambridge. CHC 1977. Report One printed by Acme Printing Co., Inc. Report Two to Five distributed by the M.I.T. Press. Warner, Sam B., Jr.
Streetcar Suburbs: The Process of Growth in Boston 1870-1900. New York: Athenaeum, 1970. (continued) NPS Form 10-900-e (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 Section number - 9 Page - Quincy Point Fire Station Quincy (Norfolk County) Massachusetts 3 Bibliography (continued) Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The M.I.T. Press, 1969. Wilson, Daniel Munro. Three Hundred Years of Quincy 1625-1925: Historical Retrospect of Mount Wollaston, Braintree and Quincy and Timothy J. Collins, Chronicle of the Tercentenary Celebration, June 7-13, 1925. Boston: Wright and Potter, 1926. Also: Index ... Compiled by James R. Cameron, Quincy Historical Society, 1973. The WPA Guide to Massachusetts. Introduction by Jane Holtz Kay.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1983. Zurier, Rebecca. The American Firehouse. New York: Abbeville Press, 1978. PERIODICALS Baxter, Sylvester. "The Government's Housing Project at Quincy, Mass.". Architectural Record, v. 45, March 1919, p. 242-261. "Development for the United Station Housing Corporation at Quincy, Mass." Architectural Review, v. 8, 1919, p. 21-23. Patriot Ledger. "Taxpayers' Association Will Have Open Forum on Point Fire Station," March 12, 1941; "Razing of Fire Station to Erase Old Landmark," April 20, 1941, p. 1, 14; "Mayor Lays Cornerstone for New Fire Station at Point," August 30, 1941. Rhoads, William B. "The Colonial Revival and American Nationalism." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 35, no. 4 (December 1976): 239-254. Robinson, George Ernest. "Fire Station Design." Volunteer Firemen, vol. 11, no. 10, October 1944, p. 8-9.
"Fire Station Design as An Architect Sees It". Fire Engineering: The Journal of the Fire Protection Profession, vol. 84, no. 11, May 27, 1931, p. 381-2. (continued) NPS 10-900- OMBApprovel No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Quincy Point Fire Station Quincy (Norfolk County) Massachusetts Section number - Page - Bibliography (continued) - "Fire Station at Ayer, Massachusetts." The Architectural Record, vol. 77, no. 5, May 1935, p. 344-346. -. "Police and Fire Station, Needham, Massachusetts." The Architectural Record, vol. 75, no. 3, March 1934, p. 258-263. Whiton, Joseph Lincoln. "Quincy Point As I Knew It." Quincy History, Quincy Historical Society, No.14, Fall 1986. PUBLIC DOCUMENTS: Commonwealth Government Documents: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Historical Commission.
"Historical and Architectural Survey of Quincy, MA," Fannin/Lehner, 1986. Local Government Documents: City of Quincy, Assessors Records. City of Quincy, Office of the Inspector of Buildings. Original plans of George E. Robinson; WPA recording of 1893 Station; BuildingPermits #41705 (May 6, 1941), #41706 (may 6, 1941), #42019 (july 1, 1941); #102315 (Nov.4, 1986) City of Quincy, Annual Reports. OTHER SOURCES: Quincy Historical Society Files. Thomas Crane Public Library Reference Files. (end) NPS Form - United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Quincy Point Fire Station Quincy (Norfolk County) Massachusetts Section number. 10 Page - 1 10. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA Verbal Boundary Description: Lot 88, City of Quincy Assessor's Map #2067-A Approvel No.
1024-0018 Verbal Boundary Justification: The nominated property includes the entire parcel historically associated with the 1941 Quincy Point Fire Station. (end) NPS Form 10-000e (8-06) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number _ N/ A Page - N/ A sc. r..rc C.C.. Chanies S.L ners Mearty -SAa C1.s.): Fiot 13c. 11/7 Flot 131 AB 72 + 65.27. 60 1is aoard Q 2.60 md fatrelleiu. Rori riol 13= 53.09 64 DU Michael J.Minicheilo et.ux.Mary Lou 1...122 Pul e. Di8on2 (uaDeborsh 45 0co0 35. City of Quircy P/.I Plots8 9655 55.98 Fiot91 1920 0.0 104.08 230 CLEVERLY 87 77.25 -3* 10.22 C!o:33 4163 LLD FraldH.Rooncy % !! Pioti34 178.7 Plot.15 3833 625 = (27 35.,. - I=9- -.15:00- --I0.20 3 1c1 38 it 11 =05 ,0%/1c 26SA Prom - Toun House rhotor in.
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15444 T.C.1305/2 --19552--2 I 2512 2003 E UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Quincy Point Fire Station NAME: MULTIPLE NAME : STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Norfolk DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: 3/29/93 4/29/93 DATE OF PENDING LIST: 4/13/93 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 5/13/93 REFERENCE NUMBER: 93000347 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL:N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: OTHER : N PDIL: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N N N COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT RETURN REJECT 4/26/53 DATE ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS : Returnes it the requeet of SHPD Pieme have SHAC pejn nomonatin when pesubmetted RECOM./CRITERIA REVIEWER DISCIPLINE DATE DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N CLASSIFICATION - count resource type STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION FUNCTION _historic _current DESCRIPTION _architectural classification materials _descriptive text SIGNIFICANCE Period Areas of Significance--Check and justify below Specific dates Builder/Architect Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) 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 BIBLIOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHICAL DATA _acreage UTMs verbal boundary description boundary justification ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION _sketch maps USGS maps photographs _presentation OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed MeluesByeu Date 202-343-9553 4/26/93 NPS Form10-900 (Oct.
1990) RECEIVED OMB No. 10024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service JAN 1 O 1994 NATIONAL National Register of Historic Places REGISTER Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a).
Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1. Name of Property historic name. Quincy Point Fire Station other names/site number 2. Location street & number 615 Washington Street city or town Quincy N/E not for publication NA vicinity Massachusetts state- code MA Norfolk - county code 021 zip code 02169 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this [X) nominatior ] request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of HistoricPlaces and meets the proceduralandprofessional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property Xmeets does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant -nationally - statewide X] locally.
(L See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signâture of certifying official/Title seig Donguglen B. MeDonoub 13 Executive Director Massachusetts Historical Commission, State Historic Preservation Officer State of Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property - meets - does not meet the National Register criteria. ([] See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature of certifying official/Title Date State or Federal agency and bureau 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that the property is: Dentered in the National Register. - See continuation sheet. - determined eligible for the National Register - See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the National Register. - removed from the National Register. - other, (explain:) T Signature of the Keeper Entered in the 2/18/14 Quincy Point Fire Station Name of Property 5.
Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply) private Lx public-local public-State public-Federal Norfolk County, MA County and State Category of Property (Check only one box) * building(s) district site Structure object Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) Contributing Noncontributing 1 buildings sites 1 structures objects Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register 0 Name of related multiple property listing (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing.) N/ A 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions) GOVERNMENT: Fire Station Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) GOVERNMENT: Fire Station 7.
Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions) LATE 19th AND 20th CENTURY REVIVALS: Colonial Revival Materials (Enter categories from instructions) foundation CONCRETE walls- BRICK roof other FRONT SECTION: SLATE REAR SECTION: SYNTHETICS/RUBBER Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) Quincy Point Fire Station Name of Property 8. Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing.) [X A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. - B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past.
X C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type,period,ormethod of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. - D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Criteria Considerations (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) Property is: - A owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes. - B removed from its original location. - C a birthplace or grave. - D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. - F a commemorative property. - G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years.
Norfolk County, MA County and State Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) ARCHITECTURE COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT Period of Significance 1941-1943 Significant Dates 1941 Significant Person (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) N/A Cultural Affiliation N/A Architect/Builder Robinson, George Earnest Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) 9.
Major Bibliographical References Bibilography (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): Primary location of additional data: - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 * State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested - Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register - Federal agency L previously determined eligible by the National XLocal government Register - University - designated a National Historic Landmark - Other L recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey Name of repository: # Massachusetts Historical Commission D recorded by Historic American Engineering Thomas Crane Public Library Record # Quincy Point Fire Station Name of Property 10. Geographical Data Norfolk County, MA County and State Acreage of Property 5,655 sq. ft.
UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) 1 1,9 Zone 3369,1 Easting 46 17,8 Northing 3 Zone Easting Northing 2 4 - See continuation sheet Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By Minxie J. Fannin and Monique B. Lehner, Fannin-Lehner Preservation Consultants name/title with Betsy Friedberg, NR Director, MHC organization Massachusetts Historical Commission _ date January 1994 street & number - 80 Boylston Street _ telephone_(617) 127-8470 city or townBoston Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: state MA . zip code 02116 Continuation Sheets Maps A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location.
A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Photographs Representative black and white photographs of the property. Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Property Owner (Complete this item at the request of SHPO or FPO.) City of Quincy name 1305 Hancock Street (617) 376-1000 street & number city or town Quincy telephone MA 02169 state zip code Paperwork Reduction Act Statement:This information is being collectedfor applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.).
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DESCRIPTION The Quincy Point Fire Station is a brick Colonial Revival public building located at the intersection of Cleverly Court and the busy thoroughfare of Washington Street which leads to Weymouth and Hingham; to the south, just under 1,000' away, is the Fore River Bridge (1924, MHC #917). The topography of Quincy Point area is flat and mostly made up of single and double family residences, many constructed by the U. S. Government Housing Corp. in a frenetic two-year period, 1918-1919 (see area MHC #AK) and post-1920 residential and commercial infill, especially on Washington Street. The Quincy Point Fire Station is the third fire station to be built on the site. The first structure was the home of "Vulture Engine and Company;" built in 1844 it was an archetypal Greek Revival station with a closed pediment, two bays and an open cupola at the ridge line (Mood, pp. 12, 34).
In 1893, a "new" station, the second, replaced the earlier station; it was a hard edged Shingle Style square building under a hip roof with a front projecting, hip roof pavilion filled with a large entrance bay in the center for "Hose 4" (hose wagon) and a tall square tower in the back used to drain and dry the cotton and rubber hoses of the period. Before its demolition in 1940, the Works Progress Administration rendered measured drawings of this 1893 building (Building Department, WPA Project No. 17727, Job No. 128). The present Quincy Point Fire Station is the third. Built in 1941 to the designs of George Ernest Robinson, Boston architect, it is one of the finest Colonial Revival public buildings in the city of Quincy. No alterations or additions detract from the original massing of the building.
The architectural history of fire stations in Quincy reflects in microcosm that of the United States. (The American Firehouse: An Architectural and Social History by Rebecca Zurier) In 1976 Robert N. Mood, Quincy Firefighter, wrote as a project for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bicentennial Grants Program a detailed history of the Quincy Fire Department, called QFD: A History of Municipal Fire Protection in the City of Quincy. Mood introduces the material with a fine history of the development of the Fire Department. In QFD, architecture is related to in terms of the functions of the building rather than to its form or style. The earliest structures were storage buildings for the "Hand Engine Companies 1818- 1884," fire engines known as "common engines" or "bucket tubs." They were all simple, residentially scaled, gabled Greek Revival buildings.
Some have been recycled into residences (Mood, p. 29, 32). They were called "engine houses" or "hose houses." The next development in fire fighting equipment were the "Chemical Engines, 1875-1893" combination chemical and hand engines. The structures housing these machines reflected the same stylistic trend of residential architecture. On page 35, Mood illustrates the Wollaston Chemical Engine at Houghs Neck, 1886, a Gothic Revival Cottage complete with decorated bargeboards and gable trusses. The "Steamers," steam fire engines, appeared in 1882 and (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 Quincy Point Fire Station Quincy (Norfolk County) Massachusetts Section number - Page -2 were in use until 1919, first pulled by horses, and later by tractors (1914) and finally, run by gasoline engines. Ladder trucks and hose wagons were in general use from the 1860s to the 1970s. Today, all fire engines store their own ladders, hose and pumps. By 1893, the Quincy Fire Department was a well organized city paid force and no longer a varied conglomerate of volunteer fraternal organization. The stations built were larger and housed not just one element of the fire fighting apparatus, but all, the engine, the ladders and the hose, with housing on the second floor for the firefighters. Central Station and Quincy Point Station (second on site) both built in 1893, were fine examples of this type of station.
Central was a large brick, three bay structure with a tall hose tower (Mood, p. 44) while Quincy Point was a clapboarded hip roof structure. Their ground floors had high ceilings needed for the stabling of horses. Later, under the administration of Mayor Thomas S. Burgin, a new program of fire station replacement began, partly in response to the devastating Quincy unemployment brought on by the Depression and partly in need to update the Fire Department. The old Central Station was the first to go, to be followed by Quincy Point Station. Both these stations were replaced by impressive Colonial Revival structures designed by George E. Robinson. George E. Robinson was selected to design the new Quincy Central Fire Station in 1938 for he had already proven himself as a fine designer of fire stations who understood their functions and the program of the firefighters.
Rebecca Zurier writes that "the new mood (in the 1930s) of specialization and professionalism in government that affected the fire service extended to its architecture as well. The most striking example was George Ernest Robinson, a Boston architect who billed himself as a specialist in the design of fire stations." (The American Firehouse, p. 179). Robinson, educated at M.I.T., designed post offices, schools and theaters and was particularly interested in housing the "fire boys." He was a frequent speaker at the meetings of firemen's associations, he published his buildings and theoretical writings in both firemen's and architects' journals. (Fire Engineering, December 25, 1926 and May 27, 1931). His reputation increased in the thirties and forties and fire departments throughout New England hired him to design fire stations.
In Quincy, he was responsible for the new Central Fire Station (1938, NR: 1989, 26 Quincy Avenue, MHC #295), a large longitudinal brick Colonial Revival structure with four segmental keystoned arched openings and embellished with Georgian details, the West Quincy Fire Station (1939, 160 Copeland Street, MHC #458), another Colonial Revival building, simpler and smaller than Central Fire Station, and during wartime, the Squantum Fire Station (1943, 50 Huckins Avenue, MHC #443), a simple traditional structure. The stations were well integrated in their neighborhoods; the Colonial Revival Style was the prevailing residential mode as well as the favored style for public buildings. (continued) OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Quincy Point Fire Station Quincy (Norfolk County) Massachusetts Section number - Page - The 1941 Quincy Point Fire Station is a solid, brick, T-shaped structure set on a low foundation under a slate hip roof. The 50' facade is dominated by a large slightly projecting 36' wide gambreled frontispiece. The station's impressive presence and the two slightly arched bays identify the structure as a fire station. These bays are filled with wood panelled royal blue overhead doors with two rows of lights inserted at mid-level.
Above them are three eight-over-twelve sash windows (lighting the Common Room) and a gable rondel in which are inscribed the dates: "1625/1640/1792" above a water scene / "1888" and below with the work "Quincy." Gone is the colorful iconography (known as "firemanic" ornament) of the third quarter of the 19th century when fire stations were covered with flames, hydrants, reliefs of firemen rescuing children and other heroic scenes. Only the bays and the works "Engine 3" indicate a public building built for the fire safety of Quincy Point. Subtle Colonial Revival details include the row of splayed headers over the bays (a similar treatment was used in the 1893 Central Station, illustrated in Mood, p.
73), the raised four brick wide stringcourse, the white trim contrasting with the red colored brick and the rectangular and gambreled gable massing reminiscent of one of Quincy's most famous gambreled 18th century residences, the Vassell-Adams House (NHL: 1966, 135 Adams Street, ca. 1731, MHC #3). Two large brick chimneys pierce the end slopes of the slate roof. In a 1940 original colored pencil drawing by George Robinson hanging in the Common Room of the station, a balustrade is shown between the two chimneys which does not now exist and probably never did. In a 1947 photograph, it does not appear. Behind the drawing is noted: "This architect's drawing was purchased at the time the city was considering the demolition of the old Fire Station. The new station conforms to this drawing in almost every detail. Originally presented to Mayor Burgin by George E.
Robinson/architect." On the original plans of George Robinson (Building Department, Plan No. 14 of Quincy Point Fire Station) the door of the south elevation is given a high style treatment with a rusticated surround and a richly molded entablature on top. Probably due to budgetary restrictions, this treatment did not materialize. This south entrance (treated as the main pedestrian entrance) duplicates the simple design, a door under a row of headers in a splayed pattern, of the north entrance which leads to the stairs. The north side elevation, which consists of the 24' side of the front massing and a 36' recessed wing (creating the "T"), is similar to the south elevation facing Cleverly Court; both show the flat rubber-roofed recessed rear wing fenestrated with three windows above the stringcourse.
The 37' rear elevation is simply fenestrated; basement windows light the storage area below while a recessed door leads to the anteroom. The interior of the fire station is unexpectedly modern. Where one might expect the architectural conservativeness to be continued indoors, one encounters a surprising "moderne" treatment executed in glazed, salmon colored brick and stained woodwork. The effect is a neat, spare, functional space. The smooth sleek lines of the curved office wall, of the (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Quincy Point Fire Station Quincy (Norfolk County) Massachusetts Section number _7 Page - rounded corners, and of the rear arch contribute to creating a "Streamline" interior that must have seemed sleek and very new in 1941.
The glazed brick is laid flush (one row of stretchers, and one row of headers alternating with stretchers) to create a smooth surface. All the corners are rounded and the corner office wall housing the "watch desk" is curved. These elements of modernism in a Colonial Revival envelope do not indicate architectural schizophrenia but rather an understanding of the needs of the people served by the institution. The exterior is familiar; it suits its environment and its traditional style by emphasizing the more neighborly aspect of the fireman's job. A modern station in 1941 would have seemed unfamiliar and unfriendly. Inside, the modernity is acceptable for it relates the evergrowing technological side of firefighting. Gone is the tall tower of the past used for drying hoses. In 1941, the firefighters at Quincy Point Station dried their hoses on a "hose drying rack" located in the basement.
Later, a special oven placed in the southwest corner of the apparatus room was used for this procedure. Today (1993) the oven has been removed for the vinyl or polyester hoses no longer need to be rinsed; they are rooled back onto the truck immediately after use. At the rear of the ground floor is a chamfered solid brick balustrade protecting the short run of steps leading to the kitchen/eating area (since the beginning of the 20th century, a new addition to fire stations). To the right of the stairs is a dramatic arch, perhaps the architect's obeisance to the magnificent wide arched bays of past Quincy station. It separates the rear anteroom from the apparatus room and endows the interior with dignity and monumentality.
Only the ceiling reflects the Colonial Revival Style of the exterior; it is composed of wood beams and boards and seems an effective and attractive foil to the glazed brick. On the second floor, there is a Common Room for the firefighters, two rooms for the officers, two dormitories, a large shower room and storage space. Sliding poles, present in all fire stations since 1878 when they were invented by a Chicago fireman, and still in use today, are three in number. They are located in the two dormitories and in the Common Room. Operating out of the station is Engine 3, a red 1,500 gallon pumper engine (1982) with 12' ladders and 24' ladder extensions. As early as 1882 fire trucks were "painted red with gold trim," yet there was a thirty year period in Quincy, 1939 to 1969, when the "standard vermilion" had given way to the color white.
The second vehicle is a HAZMAT Unit (Hazardous Materials Van) which is the 1993 version of the rescue car of the 19th century; it is the only one in Quincy and therefore services the whole city. (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Quincy Point Fire Station Quincy (Norfolk County) Massachusetts Section number 1, 8 - Page 5, 1 Archaeological Description No prehistoric sites are located on the property or in the general area (within one mile). In general, the potential for prehistoric survivals is low because locational characteristics of the parcel (slope, drainage, proximity to water) are not well suited for Native American subsistence and settlement activities.
A low to moderate potential also exists for locating historic archaeological survivals. Construction of the present fire station in 1941 ündoubtedly had an impact on potential structural remains from the earlier 1894 and 1844 fire stations built at this locations. The existing fire station has a basement and covers most of the lot indicating little room for archaeological survivals to remain intact. In the event structural or artifact/feature survivals still exist from the 1844 and 1894 fire stations, they may be of great significance to this nomination. Survivals from these structures could help document the evolution of fire fighting in Quincy and how these developments related to state-of-the-art trends in fire fighting for the period.
Analysis of artifact remains from the site could provide technological information for fire stations in general as well as detailed information on firemen who worked and resided at the stations. (end) 8. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The Quincy Point Fire Station at 615 Washington Street possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association and meets Criteria A and C of the National Register of Historic Places. The Fire Station meets Criteria A for its linkage with the development of the City of Quincy. Designed by George Ernest Robinson, a Boston architect nationally recognized for fire station design, the 1941 Quincy Point Fire Station meets Criteria C as a fine unaltered example of a brick Colonial Revival institutional structure. The Quincy Point Fire Station is of local significance.
The history of fire protection in Quincy (then part of the Town of Old Braintree) began in. 1644 when an act was passed stating: "Every householder in this town, shall, by the first day of March ensuing, have a ladder of his to stand up against his chimney, to secure them and the town from fire, or else shall be liable to pay what penalty the town men shall impose on them" (Edwards, p. 216-217). In 1792, just after Quincy became a town, the Quincy Fire Association was formed among the inhabitants for the mutual protection of each other's property in case of fire. This volunteer association used buckets, hooks, and ladders. In 1812 (continued) OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Quincy Point Fire Station Quincy (Norfolk County) Massachusetts Section number Page Quincy acquired a Thayer of Boston "bucket tub," its first major piece of fire apparatus. Over the years the Fire Association divided into separate volunteer companies which continued until the town accepted full municipal responsibility for fire protection when an act authorizing the establishment of a fire department in Quincy was passed on April 8, 1853. The first chemical engine, the "Little Giant," came to Quincy in 1875; built by the Kingsford Foundry & Machine Works of Oswego, N.Y., it was a combination chemical and hand engine. (Robert N. Mood, QFD: A History of Municipal Fire protection in the City of Quincy, p.
35) Another milestone in the history of the Quincy Fire Department occurred in 1881 - a much-need steam fired engine, a Columbia was purchased (for $3,900) and designated 'Quincy No. 1." The next step to ensure efficient fire fighting was taken in 1882 when the town voted to install a telegraphic fire alarm system (Mood, p. 95-97). Four years later, in 1886, the Quincy Firemen's Relief Association was organized "to provide aid and relief to the members disabled while in the discharge of their duty as members of the fire department of the town Quincy" (Mood, p.17).
The present fully paid Quincy Fire Department was established on March 4, 1889; it was Quincy's powered waterpumping fire engine, nicknamed "Rivadavia" or "The Big Pump," which saw service in the Quincy Fire Department from 1917-1919, was actually built at Quincy Point's Fore River Shipyard "to demonstrate the superiority of the Fore River engines throughout the country" (Mood, p. 75). Running parallel to the development of the fire department and its apparatus is that of the water supply system for fire fighting. In 1837 a town well was dug at the head of Granite Street to be specifically used for fire protection. A program was started in 1856 to build reservoirs in different areas of Quincy. By 1874 Quincy had one of the earliest high pressure hydrant systems in the country (Mood, p. 95-97).
The Quincy Point neighborhood, where the Quincy Point Fire Station is located, was once called the Old Fields District; Joseph Lincoln Whiton described it as "a beautiful country village with the shady elm trees" ("Quincy Point As I Knew It," p. 5). Quincy Point is bounded by Quincy Avenue (west), Elm Street (north), Town River Bay (east) and the Weymouth Fore River and the Braintree Town Line (south). Although some inhabitants of Quincy Point were associated with the nearby granite and other industries, the prime reason for the development of the Point was the commercial maritime industry located on the Town and Fore Rivers.
Two huge industrial complexes dominated Quincy Point, placing a large responsibility on the Quincy Point Fire Station: the giant Fore River Shipyard (97 East Howard Street, 1900, MHC #394) and the Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Co., (780 Washington Street,1939/1940, MHC #279), located at the Fore River Bridge. (continued) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 NPS Form10-900- (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Quincy Point Fire Station Quincy (Norfolk County) Massachusetts Section number - 8 Page -3 Shipbuilding burgeoned during the 1900 to 1950 period in Quincy and by 1919 the city's leading industry was attracting over 16,000 workers.
Quincy Point's Fore River Ship & Engine Company, a subsidiary of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, was the most important of Quincy's shipbuilding enterprises and one of the foremost modern shipbuilding plants of the United States. World War I accelerated expansion of the production activity at the Fore River Shipyards and created an imperative need for worker housing. In response to this demand, the United States Housing Corporation built 256 residences in the Quincy Point area between 1918 and 1919. This combination of "combustible industries" (Annual Report of the City of Quincy, 1948) and many more neighborhood residences apparently induced the 1939 Annual Report to recommend "that a building program be mapped out to replace the following stations: Quincy Point and Houghs Neck ... the Quincy Point Station is in poor condition and needs immediate attention" (p. 265).
Plans were quickly developed for the Quincy Point Fire Station; it was occupied by January 20, 1942. The Houghs Neck Station was not constructed until 1947. The 1941 Quincy Point Fire Station was preceded by two earlier stations, the 1844 'Vulture' and the 1893 'Hose 4,' all sited in approximately the same location. Joseph Lincoln Whiton recalls the early fire fighting days in Quincy Point: "Our means of fire protection was to go to the old Methodist Church which was then on the corner of Washington Street and South Street, and ring the bell. This gave the alarm for the volunteer fire department to man the old hand tub 'Vulture'... ." ("Quincy Point As I Knew It," p. 2). The 'Vulture's motto was "Our Aim the Public Good" (Mood, p. 24).
In 1893 the town fathers bought additional land at the corner of Cleverly and Washington Streets for $1,397.81, bringing the size of the fire station lot to 9,655 square feet. They also appropriated $4,500 to build 'Hose 4,' a new Shingle Style station. At that time the Quincy Point company was entirely composed of voluntary call men. In 1898 'Hose 4' at Quincy Point was made a permanent company with a chief and six call men. In 1907 the horse drawn Atlantic Chemical was shifted to Quincy Point; it was succeeded by 'Engine 3,' manned by two officers and eight men. This station was demolished, along with a two-story store/dwelling at 611 Washington Street, in May 1941 to make way for the new Quincy Point Fire Station. The demolition contractor was John J. Duane & Co. There was much controversy over the cost of the 1941 Quincy Point Fire Station.
The Quincy Taxpayers Association claimed $55,000 was too much to spend on a fire station. This may have been because the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which had helped fund 525 new fire stations across the United States, and had assisted so many other Quincy (continued) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Quincy Point Fire Station Quincy (Norfolk County) Massachusetts Section number - 8 Page 4 public works projects, was winding down by 1941 and devoting its energy and resources to the war effort (Zurier, p. 200, 207). The cornerstone for the new station was laid on August 30, 1941 by Mayor Thomas S. Burgin who remarked his father was present just 48 years ago at the same site when the old (1893) station was dedicated.
A copper box was set in the cornerstone which contained a copy of the August 18, 1941 Quincy Patriot Ledger, the 1940 city report and the July report of the city auditor, among other artifacts (Patriot Ledger, Aug. 30, 1941, p. 14). The 1941 Annual Report of the City of Quincy reported: "The City Council appropriated the sum of $50,000 for the construction of a Fire Station at Quincy Point. The building constructed on the site of the old station was substantially completed on December 31, 1941. Mr. George Ernest Robinson was the Architect and John Hamre & Son, Contractors. The building in design and construction is a credit to both the architect and builders." Boston architect George Ernest Robinson, the designer of the 1941 Quincy Point Fire Station, has designed half of the eight stations currently (1993) functioning in Quincy.
His first commission, completed in 1938, was the Central Station (26 Quincy Avenue, 1938, NR: 1989, MHC #295). Following this marked success he went on to design the West Quincy Fire Station, 160 Copeland Street (MHC #458) in 1939; in this project he worked with contractor John Hamre & Son, 55 Buckingham Road, Wollaston, who was also the contractor for the Quincy Point Fire Station in 1941. Robinson's last Quincy station was the Squantum Fire Station, 86 Huckins Avenue (MHC #444) in 1943. The other four non-Robinson Quincy stations are: Wollaston Fire Station (111 Beale Street (1900, NR:1989, MHC #577); Houghs Neck Fire Station, designed by the Colletti Bros., (1080 Sea Street, 1947, MHC #107); Atlantic Fire Station, (311 Hancock Street, 1963) and the Germantown Fire Station (Doane Street, 1973).
Robinson designed one additional building in Quincy other than a fire station: the handsome Colonial Revival Noyes Buick Co., now (1993) called South Shore Buick (40- 64 Adams Street, 1940, MHC #186). Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) graduate, George Ernest Robinson opened his Boston architectural office in 1911. From 1914 to 1915 he joined Roland S. Simonds and Albert Macnaughton in the firm Simonds, MacNaughton & Robinson; from 1916 to 1924, the partnership became MacNaughton & Robinson. Robinson was once again in a solo practice from 1924 to 1945, located at 80 Federal Street, Boston. During the course of his career, Robinson developed an architectural specialty in fire stations, designing them throughout New England and beyond.
His works were regularly published in national journals; two Massachusetts stations, in Ayer and Needham, appeared in The Architectural Record of 1934 (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Quincy Point Fire Station Quincy (Norfolk County) Massachusetts Section number 8, 9 Page 5,1 and 1935, and the Arlington, MA station is in Rebecca Zurier's The American Fire Station (1982). The Quincy Point Fire Station is architecturally significant as one of Quincy's finest examples of an early 20th century Colonial Revival Public Building, designed by architect George Ernest Robinson, noted for his expertise and specialization in fire stations.
Even while adapting to the newer fire fighting technology, the structure has retained its original architectural integrity and identity. The station is historically significant for its association with the development of the Quincy Point neighborhood and the sense of continuity it has engendered with the people served. The structure demonstrates the designer's subtle understanding of the unique blend of domestic and institutional elements which characterize a fire station of the 1930s and 1940s. In the 1990s the well-designed building continues to function smoothly as a modern fire station protecting the Quincy Point neighborhood. (end) 9. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL RESOURCES BOOKS: Blumenson, John J.-G. Identifying American Architecture. Nashville, Tennessee: American Association for State and Local History, 1977. Edwards, William Churchill. Historic Quincy, Massachusetts.
Quincy: City of Quincy, 1945, 1954, 1957. Fleming, John and Hugh Honour. The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books Ltd., 1966. Historic American Buildings Survey: Historic Buildings of Massachusetts. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976. Holly, H. Hobart. Quincy: 350 Years. Quincy, Mass.: Quincy Heritage, Inc., 1974. Jordy, William H. American Buildings and Their Architects: Progressive and Academic Ideals at the Turn of the Twentieth Century. Garden City, New York: Anchor Press/Doubleday & Co., 1976. (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Quincy Point Fire Station Quincy (Norfolk County) Massachusetts Section number - Page 2 Liebs, Chester H.
Main Street to Miracle Mile: American Roadside Architecture Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1985. Lyons, Paul Robert. Quincy: A Pictorial History. Norfolk, Virginia: The Donning Co., 1983. Privately printed by the Quincy Savings Bank. Maddes, Diane, ed. Built in the U.S.A.: American Buildings From Airports to Zoo. Washington, D.C.: The Preservation Press, 1985. MASS COPAR. Directory of Boston Architects, 1846-1970. Massachusetts Committee for the Preservation of Architectural Records. Cambridge: 1984. Mood, Robert N. QFD: A History of Municipal Fire Protection in the City of Quincy. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Bicentennial Grants Program, 1976. Pattee, William S. History of Old Braintree and Quincy. Quincy: Green and Prescott, 1878. Rifkind, Carole. Main Street: The Face of Urban America. New York: Harper & Row, 1977. Survey of Architectural History in Cambridge.
Report One: East Cambridge. Cambridge Historical Commission, 1963. Report Two: Mid Cambridge. CHC 1967. Report Three: Cambridgeport. CHC 1971. Report Four: Old Cambridge. CHC 1973. Report Five: Northwest Cambridge. CHC 1977. Report One printed by Acme Printing Co., Inc. Report Two to Five distributed by the M.I.T. Press. Warner, Sam B., Jr. Streetcar Suburbs: The Process of Growth in Boston 1870-1900 New York: Athenaeum, 1970. Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The M.I.T. Press, 1969. OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Quincy Point Fire Station Quincy (Norfolk County) Massachusetts Section number - Page - 3 Wilson, Daniel Munro.
Three Hundred Years of Quincy 1625-1925: Historical Retrospect of Mount Wollaston, Braintree and Quincy and Timothy J. Collins, Chronicle of the Tercentenary Celebration, June 7-13, 1925. Boston: Wright and Potter, 1926. Also: Index ... Compiled by James R. Cameron, Quincy Historical Society, 1973. The WPA Guide to Massachusetts. Introduction by Jane Holtz Kay. New York: Pantheon Books, 1983. Zurier, Rebecca. The American Firehouse. New York: Abbeville Press, 1978. PERIODICALS Baxter, Sylvester. "The Government's Housing Project at Quincy, Mass.". Architectural Record, v. 45, March 1919, p. 242-261. "Development for the United Station Housing Corporation at Quincy, Mass." Architectural Review, v. 8, 1919, p. 21-23. Patriot Ledger. "Taxpayers' Association Will Have Open Forum on Point Fire Station," March 12, 1941; "Razing of Fire Station to Erase Old Landmark," April 20, 1941, p.
1, 14; "Mayor Lays Cornerstone for New Fire Station at Point," August 30, 1941. Rhoads, William B. "The Colonial Revival and American Nationalism." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 35, no. 4 (December 1976): 239-254. Robinson, George Ernest. "Fire Station Design." Volunteer Firemen, vol. 11, no. 10, October 1944, p. 8-9. "Fire Station Design as An Architect Sees It". Fire Engineering: The Journal of the Fire Protection Profession, vol. 84, no. 11, May 27, 1931, p. 381-2. "Fire Station at Ayer, Massachusetts." The Architectural Record, vol. 77, no. 5, May 1935, p. 344-346. "Police and Fire Station, Needham, Massachusetts." The Architectural Record, vol. 75, no. 3, March 1934, p. 258-263. OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Quincy Point Fire Station Quincy (Norfolk County) Massachusetts Section number 9, 10 Page 4, 1 Whiton, Joseph Lincoln. "Quincy Point As I Knew It." Quincy History, Quincy Historical Society, No.14, Fall 1986. PUBLIC DOCUMENTS: Commonwealth Government Documents: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Historical Commission. "Historical and Architectural Survey of Quincy, MA," Fannin/Lehner, 1986. Local Government Documents: City of Quincy, Assessors Records. City of Quincy, Office of the Inspector of Buildings. Original plans of George E. Robinson; WPA recording of 1893 Station; Building Permits #41705 (May 6, 1941), #41706 (may 6, 1941), #42019 (july 1, 1941); #102315 (Nov.4, 1986) City of Quincy, Annual Reports.
OTHER SOURCES: Quincy Historical Society Files. Thomas Crane Public Library Reference Files. OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 (end) 10. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA Verbal Boundary Description: Lot 88, City of Quincy Assessor's Map #2067-A (see attached). Verbal Boundary Justification: The nominated property includes the entire parcel historically associated with the 1941 Quincy Point Fire Station. (end) NPS Form 10-900e (8-06) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service OMB Aaprovel No. 1024-0018 Quincy Point Fire Station Quincy (Norfolk County) National Register of Historic Places Massachusetts Continuation Sheet Quincy Assessors Map #2067-A, Lot #88 Scale: 1" = 40' Date: 1990 Section number_N/A Page _ N/A 71105 S. nices Aearty iesri.rac .r.. Flol131 AB72 SAsrIes Pot13c. 11117 509 imiemd FstreMleux. ROrcM Piot13= 53.09 12! inn öbärd Flat z 3370 - 0 Mmichael J.Minichello et.ux.
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--10Er2 --2 2512 2003 E UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: RESUBMISSION PROPERTY Quincy Point Fire Station NAME: MULTIPLE NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Norfolk DATE RECEIVED: 1/10/94 DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF PENDING LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: REFERENCE NUMBER: 93000347 NOMINATOR: STATE DETAILED EVALUATION: ACCEPT RETURN REJECT 2/18/44 DATE ABSTRACT / SUMMARY COMMENTS: 2/24/94 Entered in the National Registex RECOM.
/CRITERIA REVIEWER DISCIPLINE DATE DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N CLASSIFICATION count _resource type STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION FUNCTION historic current DESCRIPTION _architectural classification materials _descriptive text SIGNIFICANCE Period Areas of Significance--Check and justify below Specific dates Builder/Architect Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) summary paragraph -completeness _clarity _applicable criteria justification of areas checked _relating significance to the resource ae sipo.
PTicanes to es% esouroe context _relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception -other BIBLIOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHICAL DATA _acreage _UTMS _verbal boundary description _boundary justification ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION _sketch maps _USGS maps -photographs OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to - Phone Signed Date presentation 1. Quincy Point Fire Station bis Washington Street, Quincy 2. Norfoik County, mA 3. Monique B. Lehner 4. March 1992 5. Negatives Witasphotogrepter Hingham, mA 6. Eost facade, south side elevation, looking northwest. 7.#1o = QUINCY POINT FIRE ENGINE PA 1. Quincy Point Fire Station 6i5 Washington Street, Quincy 2. Norfolk County, mA 3. Monique B. Lehner 4. March 1992 5. Neatives ith santo graeter Hingham, mA 6. East facade. detail: Splayed brick lintel over arched bay. 1. #2 qf s 1.
Quincy Point Fire Station 615 Washington Street, Quincy 2. Norfolk County, ma 3. March 1992 - monique B. Lehner 4. March 1992 3. Negatives with Photographer South Pleasant Street Hingham, mA 6. Interior: Looking toward Chamfered Stair rail and arch between apparatus room and anteroom. 7.#3of 5 1. Quincy Point Fire Station 615 Washington Street, Quinau 2. Norfolk County, ma 3. Monique B. Lehner 4. March 1992 5. Negatives with Photographer South Pleasant Street Hingham, mA 6. Interior; southeast corner, watch desk office. 7.# 4 ofs 1. Quincy Point Fire Station bIs Washington Street, Quincy 2. Norfolk County, ma 3. Monique B3. Lehner 4. March 1992 5. Negatives Pteasanto graeher Pleasant. Hingham, mA 6. Interior detail: Founded glazed bricks large wood Ceiling 7.#5 ofs Office of the Council SANSR Cily of Quincy THEODORE P.
DE CRISTOFARO COUNCILLOR - WARD 2 RESIDENCE - 472-1265 January 25, 1992 Massachuselts RECEIVED JAN 2 6 1993 MASS. HIST. COMM. Judith B. McDonough, Executive Director State Historic Preservation Officer Massachusetts Historical Commission 80 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116 Dear Ms. McDonough: I am writing to express my enthusiastic support for the Quincy Point Fire Station to be granted status in the National Register of Historic Places. Unfortunately, I already have a coumitment for March 10th and will not be able to attend the meeting regarding this matter. I would ask your kind assistance in presenting my letter at the meeting as I am the City Councillor for Ward Iwo in which the Fire Station is located. The people of Quincy Point take pride in their local fire station nd it has been an integral part of the commmity aside from th bvious duties of firefighting.
The building has been visited b school children of Quincy Point generation after generation. I thank you in advance for your support in this matter. sincerely, T.P. DeCistofaro Theodore P. Decristofaro Ward Two Councillor TPD/rtn cc: Charles J. Phelan, Council President Gt semACRAcoat COMMISSION* RECEIVED MAR 2 9 1993 NATIONAL REGISTER March 16, 1993 Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service P.O. Box 37127 Washington, DC 20013-7127 Dear Ms. Shull: Enclosed you will find the following nomination form: Quincy Point Fire Station, 615 Washington Street, Quincy (Norfolk County), Massachusetts, 02169. The nomination has been voted eligible by the State Review Board and has been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer.
Owners were notified of pending State Review Board consideration 30-75 days before the meeting and were afforded the opportunity to comment. A letter of support was received from Theodore P. DeCristofaro, City Councillor (see enclosed). Sincerely, Betay Fredkerg Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission enclosure cc: Joseph Shea, City Clerk, City of Quincy Theodore P. DeCristofaro, Ward Iwo Councillor, City of Quincy Charles J. Phelan, President, Quincy City Council Roberta Fitzgerald, Assistant Planner, City of Quincy Richard Lockhead, Chairman, Quincy Historical Commission Warren Watson, Director, Thomas Crane Public Library Fannin-Lehner Preservation Consultants Massachusetts Historical Commission, Judith B.
McDonough, Executive Director, State Historic Preservation Officer 80 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (617) 727-8470 Office of the Secretary of State, Michael J. Connolly, Secretary OR 3/29/53 CEL IOCRACHAN * RECEIVED 413 APR 19 1993 April 14, 1993 Carol Shull Chief of Registration National Park Service Department of the Interior P.O. Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 RE: Quincy Point Fire Station, 615 Washington Street, Quincy (Norfolk County), Massachusetts, 02169 Dear Ms. Shull: Because of a technical error in notifications, we are requesting the return of the above-named nomination. We plan to resubmit the nomination to the National Park Service once the notification error has been rectified. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely, Betay Friedkery Beüsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission cc: Roberta Fitzgerald, Assistant Planner, City of Quincy Fannin-Lehner Preservation Consultants Massachusetts Historical Commission, Judith B. McDonough, Executive Director, State Historic Preservation Officer 80 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (617) 727-8470 Office of the Secretary of State, Michael J. Connolly, Secretary January 5, 1994 * 7 COMMISSIOTA GO BETI CRACHAY Towtealth (o kel * Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service P.O. Box 37127 Washington, DC 20013-7127 RECEIVED JAN 1 0 1994 NATIONAL REGISTER Dear Ms. Shull: Enclosed please find the following nomination form: Quincy Point Fire Station, 615 Washington Street, Quincy (Norfolk County), Massachusetts, 02169.
This nomination was originally submitted to the National Park Service in March 1993, but due to a technical error in the notification process, the MHC requested the nomination be returned. The notification error has since been corrected. Because the city of Quincy is a participant in the Certified Local Government program, the owners were notified of pending State Review Board consideration 60-120 days before the meeting and were afforded the opportunity to comment. The nomination has been voted eligible by the State Review Board and has been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer. Enclosed is a letter from Theodore P. DeCristofaro, Ward Iwo Councillor, supporting the nomination. Sincerely, Betey tredlirg Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission enclosure CC: Fannin-Lehner Preservation Consultants Mayor James A.
Sheets, City of Quincy Charles v. Phelan, Jr., Chairman, City Council Theodore P. DeCristofaro, Ward Iwo Councillor Roberta Fitzgerald, Dept. of Planning & Community Dev. Richard Lockhead, Chairman, Quincy Historical Commission Warren Watson, Director, Thomas Crane Public Library Massachusetts Historical Commission 80 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (617) 727-8470 Office of the Secretary of State, Michael J. Connolly, Secretary
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