{"nrhp_refnum":"84002112","name":"East Taunton Fire Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Middleboro Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Taunton","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.88236038000008,"lon":-71.03312895499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick fire station on Middleboro Avenue in East Taunton, Taunton, Massachusetts, built for the City of Taunton in 1889 according to a date plaque (the narrative text gives 1899). The architect is unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the last of the city's fire stations built in the 19th century. It reflects the expansion of municipal services and the growth of East Taunton from a small railroad settlement into a populated village. It is also described as a distinguished local example of late Victorian public institutional architecture.","narrative":"This brick fire station on Middleboro Avenue in East Taunton was built for the City of Taunton and is the last of the city's fire stations constructed in the 19th century. A date plaque reads 1889, though the narrative gives 1899. East Taunton had grown from a small railroad settlement into a populated village, and residents lobbied for a station near the village center. It replaced a rented building owned by P.H. Corr, in a more remote part of town, which had housed the Old Colony Engine Company. The building has a roughly rectangular plan, a hipped roof and a five-bay facade, with two engine bays in the last two bays. Windows are segmental-arched, both paired and single, with rock-faced stone sills. A first-story bay window, a roof dormer and a hose tower project from the structure. Its style is described as Queen Anne with Colonial Revival elements. It was listed for its link to the growth of municipal services and as a fine local example of late Victorian public architecture.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne/Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Owned by the City of Taunton; present use listed as fire/police station. Doors were replaced in the 20th century.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.680417-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/3/7894/63789403/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002112.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002112/476bc77286-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002112/476bc77286-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_Taunton_Fire_Station.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_Taunton_Fire_Station.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789403","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Taunton_Fire_Station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5329489"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/east-taunton-fire-station-84002112/"}