{"nrhp_refnum":"84002194","name":"Old Weir Stove Company","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W. Water St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Taunton","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.88301725750006,"lon":-71.09191827733298,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of one- to four-story brick factory buildings along W. Water Street and the Three Mile River in Weir Village, Taunton, Massachusetts, built in 1902 for the Weir Stove Company.","why_significant":"The complex was the largest and most impressive industry in Weir Village and helped make Taunton a leading stove producer, turning out about 80,000 stoves a year. It shows typical \"Insurance Mill\" construction. The nomination cites criteria A and C and notes the buildings retain integrity.","narrative":"Along W. Water Street and the Three Mile River in Taunton's Weir Village, a linear row of brick factories rises from one to four stories. Built in 1902 on the site of an old flagstone factory, the complex housed the Weir Stove Company and was described at the time as having no equal this side of Detroit. Its backers were Charles F. Baker, William E. Walker and George E. Wilbur, three patternmakers, inventors and moulders who perfected the Glenwood Range and sold it worldwide. Pig iron brought from Buffalo and Pennsylvania supplied production of about 80,000 stoves a year, giving Taunton prominence as a stove-making center. The buildings follow typical Insurance Mill design, with low-pitched gable roofs, paired arched windows, and load-bearing brick walls with heavy timber framing. The massive scale and river setting reflect the city's industrial heritage. The complex was listed for its historical association with manufacturing in Taunton and for its architecture, and it was still occupied by tenant industries when documented.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"\"Insurance Mill\" industrial construction: low-pitched gable roofs, arched paired windows, load-bearing brick and heavy timber framing","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Occupied by a silver company and other tenant industries at the time of the form.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.777454-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/65/7897/63789765/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002194.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002194/473ba32a80-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002194/473ba32a80-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FBRogers_Taunton.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FBRogers_Taunton.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789765","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Weir_Stove_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7085396"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/old-weir-stove-company-84002194/"}