{"nrhp_refnum":"85000547","name":"Taunton Green Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Broadway, Taunton Green, Main and Court Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Taunton","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.90222350000005,"lon":-71.09318203586072,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-03-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic commercial and civic district of about 5 acres surrounding Taunton Green, the city's central public park, in Taunton, Massachusetts. Its buildings date from about 1830 to 1930.","why_significant":"The district contains the city's major public park and its finest 19th and early 20th century masonry commercial architecture. These buildings reflect Taunton's rise as a commercial and manufacturing center and the aspirations of its merchants, industrialists and financiers. The Green has also been the seat of public affairs since the mid-18th century. The form states that it meets criteria A, B and C.","narrative":"Taunton Green and the buildings around it form the historic heart of Taunton, Massachusetts. The district covers about five acres and includes the city's main public park along with continuous rows of multi-story masonry commercial buildings on Main Street, Broadway and Court Street. The Green was granted to the town as a training field in 1743, and the first Liberty and Union flag was raised there in 1774. Federal-style stores and hotels from about 1830 stand beside the Renaissance Revival Bank Block of about 1855, the Union Block of 1860, the Jones and Taylor Blocks, the Crocker Building of 1900, and bank additions of 1893 and 1913. A Neoclassical post office built in 1931 replaced an earlier Romanesque one. A granite and iron fence from 1840-41 encloses the Green, which holds monuments to Shays' Rebellion and to several wars. The district was listed for its architecture and its link to Taunton's commercial and industrial growth.","period_of_significance":"c. 1830-1930","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal through Classical Revival, including Renaissance Revival, Victorian Italianate, Neoclassical, Beaux Arts and Richardsonian Romanesque","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Contributing buildings retain design integrity; a few 20th century buildings, including one-story storefronts and a vacant lot, are non-contributing. The Green is surrounded by a fence from 1840-41 and holds four monuments.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.468119-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/37/7896/63789637/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85000547.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000547/7be24c6919-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000547/7be24c6919-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taunton_green.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taunton_green.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789637","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton_Green_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7688790"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/taunton-green-historic-district-85000547/"}