{"nrhp_refnum":"93000347","name":"Quincy Point Fire Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"615 Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Quincy","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.24620845000004,"lon":-70.97630149599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-02-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Colonial Revival fire station at 615 Washington Street in Quincy, Massachusetts, built in 1941 to designs by Boston architect George Ernest Robinson. It is the third fire station on its site.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as one of the finest Colonial Revival public buildings in Quincy and as a work by Robinson, a Boston architect who specialised in fire stations. It also reflects the city's Depression-era program of replacing its fire stations. Criteria A and C are marked, with architecture and community planning and development as the areas of significance.","narrative":"Quincy Point Fire Station, at 615 Washington Street, is a brick Colonial Revival building completed in 1941 and still working as a fire station. It is the third station on the site, following a Greek Revival engine house of 1844 and a Shingle Style building of 1893 that was demolished in 1940. Boston architect George Ernest Robinson, who billed himself as a specialist in fire station design, produced the plans. The T-shaped structure has a slate hip roof and a gambreled front section that recalls Quincy's 18th century gambrel-roofed houses. Details include splayed headers over the engine bays, a brick stringcourse and white trim. Inside, the glazed salmon-colored brick, rounded corners and curved watch desk give a streamlined modern look. The station was built under a city program of fire station replacement that also responded to Depression unemployment. It is listed for its architecture, its link to Robinson's work in Quincy and its place in local community development.","period_of_significance":"1941-1943","architect_builder":"Robinson, George Earnest","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a fire station; it houses Engine 3 and the city's HAZMAT unit, and the form says no alterations or additions detract from its original massing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.02317-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/72/7962/63796272/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/93000347.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000347/37ea746cce-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000347/37ea746cce-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Sswonk","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quincy_Point_Fire_Station.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Sswonk</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quincy_Point_Fire_Station.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796272","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Point_Fire_Station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7272174"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/quincy-point-fire-station-93000347/"}