{"nrhp_refnum":"80000495","name":"Quinsigamond Firehouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"837 Millbury St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.233841039000026,"lon":-71.79510249099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick fire station at 837 Millbury Street in the Quinsigamond Village area of Worcester, Massachusetts, built in 1891-1892 for the City of Worcester and designed by Patston & Lincoln.","why_significant":"The nomination treats it as an architectural example of Romanesque Revival firehouse design, related to the 1886 Woodland Street and Cambridge Street firehouses but taller, with a Palladian window in its central gable. It is also one of several public buildings on Millbury Street that give Quinsigamond Village the look of a small town center, reflecting its standing as a distinct area of Worcester.","narrative":"Quinsigamond Firehouse, at 837 Millbury Street in Worcester, is a brick fire station built in 1891-1892 and still serving as a fire station. Designed by Patston & Lincoln in the Romanesque Revival style, it rises two and a half stories under a high hip roof, with a central gable holding a Palladian window and a grouping of three windows below. Rock-faced sandstone provides the main decorative trim, along with a small carved sandstone cap at the gable's peak. Local builder O.C. Ward constructed it for $7,112. The building was first planned for Quinsigamond Avenue, but trouble buying a lot led to the Millbury Street site after several postponements. It resembles the 1886 Woodland Street and Cambridge Street firehouses, though taller. Together with other public buildings along Millbury Street, it gives Quinsigamond Village the appearance of a small town center and reflects the village's identity as a distinct part of Worcester.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect Patston & Lincoln; built by local builder O.C. Ward","architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as a fire station; mid-20th century alteration of bricks at the base.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.652658-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/59/7929/63792959/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000495.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000495/574ac7e643-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000495/574ac7e643-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Pvmoutside","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quinsigamond_Fire_Station.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pvmoutside</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quinsigamond_Fire_Station.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792959","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinsigamond_Firehouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7272349"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/quinsigamond-firehouse-80000495/"}