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| location = 83 Freedom Street,<br/>[[Fall River, Massachusetts]]
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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 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 It has since been replaced by the Globe/Kosior Fire Station on Globe Street.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>


The firestation was built in 1873 and added to the National Historic Register in 1983.
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]]
*[[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:Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Fall River, 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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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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