{"nrhp_refnum":"82001973","name":"River Street Firehouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"176 River St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cambridge","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.36323822600008,"lon":-71.11002334699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick firehouse at 176 River Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, built in 1890 for the City of Cambridge and designed by George Fogerty.","why_significant":"The building is presented as a typical late nineteenth century firehouse: two stories, two bays wide, with an attached hose drying and bell tower. It was designed in the Queen Anne style by George Fogerty, a member of a prolific Cambridge family of architects. A reviewer accepted it as a well-designed firehouse that remains in its original use and survives from its period.","narrative":"Built in 1890 at 176 River Street in Cambridge, this brick firehouse was constructed for the City of Cambridge and still serves as a firehouse. It was designed in the Queen Anne style by George Fogerty, who worked with his father, James Fogerty, in a busy Cambridge architectural practice whose commissions included firehouses, schools and public buildings. The building follows the standard late nineteenth century firehouse form: two stories high and two bays wide, with an attached tower used for drying hoses and housing a bell. Short corner towers flank the two-bay facade, and a triple arched window is set against a background of herringbone brick work. The survey records no alterations and no move. Reviewers accepted the firehouse as a nicely designed example of its type that remains in its original function and survives from its period, which supported its inclusion in the Cambridge listings of 1982.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"George Fogerty","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as a firehouse, its original use; the form records no alterations and no move.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.639482-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/5/7906/63790605/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/82001973.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001973/29af15267d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001973/29af15267d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Daderot","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:River_Street_Firehouse_-_176_River_Street,_Cambridge,_MA_-_IMG_3907.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Daderot</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:River_Street_Firehouse_-_176_River_Street,_Cambridge,_MA_-_IMG_3907.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790605","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Street_Firehouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7337835"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/river-street-firehouse-82001973/"}