{"nrhp_refnum":"84002263","name":"Weir Engine House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"530 Weir St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Taunton","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.88752208100004,"lon":-71.08921727699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Queen Anne style fire station at 530 Weir Street in Taunton, Massachusetts, built in 1889 for the City of Taunton and designed by Abner Coleman.","why_significant":"It is one of three fire stations built in Taunton in the 1880s with Queen Anne details that remain well preserved. It was designed by Abner Coleman, an architect and Taunton's second fire chief, and closely follows his Whittenton Fire Station design from the same year. It was built to serve dense residential and commercial neighborhoods during a period of municipal advancement.","narrative":"Built in 1889 at 530 Weir Street, this brick fire station in Taunton, Massachusetts, was designed by Abner Coleman, who served as both architect and the city's second fire chief. It has a two-and-a-half-story main block and a rear ell that houses police functions, both under hipped roofs. Three engine bays have rock-faced granite lintels over segmental-arched openings. Above them, a group of three sash windows in the central second-story bay sits below a gabled wall dormer with cut shingles. A hose-drying tower with a wood balustrade is attached at the rear. The building is one of three Taunton fire stations from the 1880s with Queen Anne details that remain well preserved, and it closely follows Coleman's Whittenton station of the same year. It was listed for its architecture and for its role in serving dense residential and commercial neighborhoods during a period of municipal advancement. It remains in use as a fire and police station.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Abner Coleman","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a fire and police station; described as well preserved, with doors 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 02:11:56.802139-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/99/7893/63789399/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002263.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002263/655d6dd738-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002263/655d6dd738-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weir_Fire_Station.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weir_Fire_Station.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789399","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weir_Engine_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7980287"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/weir-engine-house-84002263/"}