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{{Infobox NRHP
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| name = Massasoit Fire House No. 5
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| location= [[Fall River, Massachusetts]]
| location = 83 Freedom Street,<br/>[[Fall River, Massachusetts]]
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| architect = [[Hartwell & Swasey]]
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| built =1873
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| architect= Hartwell & Swazey
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| architecture= Gothic, Other
| added = February 16, 1983
| added = February 16, 1983
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| mpsub = Fall River MRA
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'''Massasoit Fire House No. 5''' is a historic [[fire station]] at 83 Freedom Street in [[Fall River, Massachusetts]].
'''Massasoit Fire House No. 5''' is a ''historic'' former [[fire station]] located in [[Fall River, Massachusetts]].


The building was designed by ''Boston architects'' [[Hartwell & Swasey]] and was built in ''1873''. This same firm also designed several other extant fire stations in Fall River during this period, including the ''Quequechan No. 1'', ''Anawan No. 6'' and [[Pocasset Firehouse No. 7]].<ref>[http://mhc-macris.net/Details.aspx?MhcId=FLR.114 MHC Inventory Form]</ref> The building was originally designed to also contain a police station.
The firestation was built in 1873 and added to the National Historic Register in 1983.

The firehouse was built to serve the ''Globe Village section of the city''. It has since been replaced by the Globe/Kosior Fire Station on Globe Street.<ref>[http://www.fallrivermassfirebuff.com/catalog.html Kosior Fire Station]</ref>

It was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in ''1983.'' It now contains [[Apartment|residential apartments]].


==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of Registered Historic Places in Fall River, Massachusetts]]
*[[Academy Building (Fall River, Massachusetts)|Academy Building]]
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*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Fall River, Massachusetts]]
*[[Pocasset Firehouse No. 7]]
*Quequechan No. 1 and Anawan No. 6 are part of the [[Highlands Historic District (Fall River, Massachusetts)|Highlands Historic District]]


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

[[Category:Fire stations completed in 1873]]
[[Category:Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Fall River, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Fall River, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Defunct fire stations in Massachusetts]]


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[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts]]


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Latest revision as of 16:52, 22 September 2023

Massasoit Fire House No. 5
Massasoit Fire House No. 5 is located in Massachusetts
Massasoit Fire House No. 5
Massasoit Fire House No. 5 is located in the United States
Massasoit Fire House No. 5
Location83 Freedom Street,
Fall River, Massachusetts
Coordinates41°41′22″N 71°10′9″W / 41.68944°N 71.16917°W / 41.68944; -71.16917
Built1873
ArchitectHartwell & Swasey
Architectural styleGothic
MPSFall River MRA
NRHP reference No.83000692[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 16, 1983

Massasoit Fire House No. 5 is a historic former fire station located in Fall River, Massachusetts.

The building was designed by Boston architects Hartwell & Swasey and was built in 1873. This same firm also designed several other extant fire stations in Fall River during this period, including the Quequechan No. 1, Anawan No. 6 and Pocasset Firehouse No. 7.[2] The building was originally designed to also contain a police station.

The firehouse was built to serve the Globe Village section of the city. It has since been replaced by the Globe/Kosior Fire Station on Globe Street.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It now contains residential apartments.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ MHC Inventory Form
  3. ^ Kosior Fire Station


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