National Register of Historic Places - Massachusetts (MA), Bristol County

Bristol County Massachusetts (Vacant / Not In Use) has 19 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Barnard Mills, Long Plain Friends Meetinghouse and Palmer Island Light Station, Attleborough Falls Gasholder Building and Barrows, H.F., Manufacturing Company Building.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Bristol County places including Walter C. Huston, Charles M. Pierce, Samuel C. Hunt, Samuel Hunt, Gustavus L. Smith, William and Sons Durfee, Maginnis & Walsh, unknown, Stone and Webster and Charles Makepeace. Prominent architectural styles found in Bristol Country are Greek Revival, Colonial Revival and Moderne.

Attleborough Falls Gasholder Building (added 1996 - - #96000848)

380 Elm St. , North Attleborough

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Energy Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Barnard Mills (added 1983 - - #83000623)

641-657 Quarry St. , Fall River

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Huston,Walter C.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Barrows, H.F., Manufacturing Company Building (added 2001 - - #01000907)

102 S. Washington St. , N. Attleborough

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Other, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Codding Farm, The (added 2009 - - #09000236)

Also known as Abiel Codding Farm, Titus Farm

217 High St. , North Attleborough

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Federal, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields

Donaghy, Thomas, School (added 1989 - - #89000041)

68 South St. , New Bedford

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hunt,Samuel C.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Education, Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Fall River Waterworks (added 1981 - - #81000714)

Bedford St. , Fall River

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wilson,H.M.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Water Works

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Fire Barn (added 1982 - - #82004960)

Also known as Falls Fire Station No. 2

Commonwealth Ave. , North Attleborough

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Fire Station

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Fuller-Dauphin Estate (added 1984 - - #84002118)

Also known as The Maples

145 School St. , Taunton

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Chandler,E.C.

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Holmes School Historic District (added 2001 - - #01000499)

Also known as Number Two School, Holmes Memorial Hall

Hoppin Hill Ave. at Holmes Rd. , North Attleborough

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

Meeting Hall

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Hotel Waverly (added 1990 - - #89002326)

Also known as Touraine Hotel

1162--1166 Acushnet Ave. , New Bedford

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hunt,Samuel C.

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Commerce, European, Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Music Facility, Restaurant

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress

Ingraham, Robert C., School (added 2010 - - #10000056)

Also known as Ingraham Integrated Preschool

80 Rivet St. , New Bedford

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hunt, Samuel

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Education, Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress

Long Plain Friends Meetinghouse (added 1986 - - #86001374)

Also known as Long Plain Quaker Church

1341 N. Main St. , Acushnet

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Morse House (added 1984 - - #84002185)

6 Pleasant St. , Taunton

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late Gothic Revival, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

New Bedford Gas and Edison Light Complex (added 2002 - - #02000633)

180 MacAuthur Dr. , New Bedford

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Durfee, William and Sons, Stone and Webster

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Moderne

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Energy Facility

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Business

Palmer Island Light Station (added 1980 - - #80000433)

New Bedford Harbor , New Bedford

Schlitzer90, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Pierce,Charles M.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Water-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Rotch Counting House (added 1972 - - #71001103)

123 Front St. , New Bedofrd

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Industry

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Business

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Sacred Heart School (added 1987 - - #87000371)

90 Linden St. , Fall River

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Maginnis & Walsh

Architectural Style:

Other, Colonial Revival, Moderne

Area of Significance:

Education, Religion

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Washington School (added 1984 - - #84002261)

40 Vernon St. , Taunton

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Smith,Gustavus L.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Whitman Mills (added 2003 - - #03000844)

1, 90 and E side Riverside Ave., S side, N side and rear 1 Coffin Ave., 10 Manomet St., , New Beford

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et.al., Makepeace, Charles

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility