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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> It is now occupied by a tobacco shop.
'''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>[http://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 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>

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Cataract Engine Company No. 3
116 Rock Street
Cataract Engine Company No. 3 is located in Massachusetts
Cataract Engine Company No. 3
LocationFall River, Massachusetts
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

References

  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 2015-05-30.


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