{"nrhp_refnum":"84002138","name":"Kilmer Street Fire Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Oak and Kilmer Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Taunton","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.89950205500003,"lon":-71.10636447099995,"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 small two-story brick fire station at the corner of Oak and Kilmer Streets in Taunton, Massachusetts, built in 1915 for the City of Taunton.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the station meets criteria A and C. It is a one-bay neighborhood firehouse built at the end of Taunton's most prosperous era, and few such stations were built in southeast Massachusetts in the Early Modern Period (1915-1940). Its Queen Anne/Colonial Revival design reflects historical architectural precedents.","narrative":"Built in 1915 at the corner of Oak and Kilmer Streets in Taunton, this small brick fire station was one of the city's most recently constructed. It replaced an older facility on Olney Street, which was then converted to a storage house. The rectangular building rises two stories to a pyramidal hipped roof. Its facade holds a central engine bay, with a group of four six-over-six sash windows above, and an engaged hose tower stands out on the Oak Street side. The design blends Queen Anne and Colonial Revival elements, and the walls are common bond brick. Few small neighborhood fire stations were built in southeast Massachusetts between 1915 and 1940, when suburban residential construction slowed. That scarcity gives the station some regional interest beyond its local importance as a one-bay firehouse completed at the close of Taunton's most prosperous period. It retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and association, and the city still owns it.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne/Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as a fire station in present use; 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 02:11:57.094335-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/85/7892/63789285/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002138.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002138/9c05526f79-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002138/9c05526f79-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kilmer_Fire_Station.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kilmer_Fire_Station.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789285","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilmer_Street_Fire_Station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6408019"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/kilmer-street-fire-station-84002138/"}