{"nrhp_refnum":"83000705","name":"Pine Street School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"880 Pine St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fall River","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.702700622000066,"lon":-71.14354812099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-02-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2.5-story Italianate frame school building at 880 Pine Street, Fall River, Massachusetts, built around 1876 by the City of Fall River and covered in shingle.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the oldest Fall River frame school still in use. It is a functional, economical Italianate school typical of the \"no frills\" frame schools built in the late 1870s, a time of rapid population growth. It was built in response to criticism of the costly, elaborate Border City School. It is described as largely intact and still a neighborhood school.","narrative":"Pine Street School, at 880 Pine Street in Fall River, is a 2.5-story frame school building dating from about 1876. It has a barn-like form with a jerkinhead gable, a central portion blocked forward, a cupola and a chimney. Its wall surface is shingle, which replaced earlier material that was removed. Built by the City of Fall River, it was plain and functional, in a simple Italianate manner. The school followed the construction of the Border City School, whose elaborate finish the superintendent criticized as costly and unnecessary when more classrooms were needed. Pine Street School reflects the economical frame schools put up in the late 1870s, when the city's population was growing quickly. It is described as the oldest Fall River frame school still in use, and only the much-altered former Third Street School of 1843 is older and still standing. It remains a largely intact neighborhood school, and it was recognized for its role in local development and for its architecture.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a neighborhood school, largely intact, and recently repainted.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.001858-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/85/7893/63789385/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000705.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000705/ad24de4a42-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000705/ad24de4a42-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pine_Street_School_FR.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pine_Street_School_FR.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789385","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Street_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7195364"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/pine-street-school-83000705/"}