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'''Cataract Engine Company No. 3''' is an historic building at 116 Rock Street in [[Fall River, Massachusetts]]. It also served as the meeting hall of the '''Richard Borden GAR Post No. 46''' of the [[Grand Army of the Republic]].<ref>[http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/gar/appendix/mass1.html Library of Congress list of GAR posts in Massachusetts]</ref>
'''Cataract Engine Company No. 3''' is a historic building at 116 Rock Street in [[Fall River, Massachusetts]]. It also served as the meeting hall of the '''Richard Borden GAR Post No. 46''' of the [[Grand Army of the Republic]].<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/gar/appendix/mass1.html Library of Congress list of GAR posts in Massachusetts]</ref> It is now occupied by a tobacco shop.

The building is a two-story wood-frame structure, three bays wide, with a front-facing gable roof. A single-story porch spans the front, and plain pilasters grace the building corners. It was built in 1843 as the city's third fire station. It is the city's only surviving frame fire station, and one of its only surviving non-residential Greek Revival structures.<ref name=MACRIS>{{cite web|url=http://mhc-macris.net/Details.aspx?MhcId=FLR.1522|title=MACRIS inventory record for Cataract Engine Company No. 3|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|accessdate=2015-05-30}}</ref>


The building was constructed in 1843 and added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1983.
The building was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1983.<ref name="nris"/>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of Registered Historic Places in Fall River, Massachusetts]]
*[[Lower Highlands Historic District]]
*[[Fall River, Massachusetts]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Fall River, Massachusetts]]


==References==
==References==
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{{National Register of Historic Places}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts}}


[[Category:1843 architecture]]
[[Category:Fire stations completed in 1843]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Fall River, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Fall River, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Grand Army of the Republic]]
[[Category:Grand Army of the Republic buildings and structures]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Fall River, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Historic district contributing properties in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Defunct fire stations in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:1843 establishments in Massachusetts]]




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Latest revision as of 03:55, 6 August 2023

Cataract Engine Company No. 3
116 Rock Street
Cataract Engine Company No. 3 is located in Massachusetts
Cataract Engine Company No. 3
Cataract Engine Company No. 3 is located in the United States
Cataract Engine Company No. 3
LocationFall River, Massachusetts
Coordinates41°42′12″N 71°9′14″W / 41.70333°N 71.15389°W / 41.70333; -71.15389
Built1843
Architectural styleGreek Revival
Part ofLower Highlands Historic District (ID84002171)
MPSFall River MRA
NRHP reference No.83000645 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 16, 1983
Designated CPJanuary 10, 1984

Cataract Engine Company No. 3 is a historic building at 116 Rock Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. It also served as the meeting hall of the Richard Borden GAR Post No. 46 of the Grand Army of the Republic.[2] It is now occupied by a tobacco shop.

The building is a two-story wood-frame structure, three bays wide, with a front-facing gable roof. A single-story porch spans the front, and plain pilasters grace the building corners. It was built in 1843 as the city's third fire station. It is the city's only surviving frame fire station, and one of its only surviving non-residential Greek Revival structures.[3]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Library of Congress list of GAR posts in Massachusetts
  3. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Cataract Engine Company No. 3". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved May 30, 2015.


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