Downtown Fall River Historic District

Downtown Fall River Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Bank Street, Downtown Fall River
41°42′11″N 71°9′21″W / 41.70306°N 71.15583°W / 41.70306; -71.15583
Built	1845; 179 years ago (1845)
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
MPS	Fall River MRA
NRHP reference No.	83000662 [1]
Added to NRHP	February 16, 1983

Downtown Fall River Historic District is a historic district on North and South Main, Bedford, Granite, Bank, Franklin, and Elm Streets in Fall River, Massachusetts.

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

History

The Downtown Fall River Historic District contains many historic banks and other commercial properties primarily along North Main Street. This area was greatly impacted by the Great Fire of 1928, which destroyed many buildings located in what is now the historic district.^[2] As a result, many of the buildings date from about 1928 or 1929, having been rebuilt shortly after the fire. The area was also greatly impacted in the 1960s with the construction of Interstate-195 through the center of downtown, which resulted in the demolition of the Old City Hall, the Second Granite Block and several other 19th century commercial blocks.

Contributing properties

(partial listing)

• United States Post Office, Bedford Street
• State Armory, Bank Street
• Public Library, North Main Street
• Bank Five (formerly Fall River Five Cents Savings Bank), North Main Street
• Masonic Temple, North Main Street
• Police Athletic League Hall, Franklin Street

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Fall River, Massachusetts

References

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Fall River, Massachusetts

History

• American Printing Company
• Battle of Freetown
• B.M.C. Durfee High School 1886 building
• Bradford Durfee Textile School/Bradford Durfee College of Technology
• Corky Row Historic District
• Downtown Fall River Historic District
• Fall River Railroad
• Fall River Iron Works
• Fall River Line
• Great Fall River fire of 1928
• Highlands Historic District
• Lower Highlands Historic District
• Historic Places
• Oak Grove Cemetery
• Pocasset Manufacturing Company
• Slade's Ferry Bridge
• The Skeleton in Armor
• Truesdale Hospital
• USS Fall River (CA-131)
• Watuppa Branch

Geography

• Fall River granite
• Freetown-Fall River State Forest
• Mount Hope Bay
• Quequechan River
• Taunton River
• Watuppa Ponds

People

• Mariano S. Bishop
• Lizzie Borden
• Nathaniel B. Borden
• Richard Borden
• M. C. D. Borden
• Charlie Buffinton
• James Buffington
• Robert Correia
• Jasiel Correia
• John W. Cummings
• Orin Fowler
• Chris Herren
• Emeril Lagasse
• List of mayors of Fall River, Massachusetts
• Humberto Sousa Cardinal Medeiros
• Joe Raposo
• Jerry Remy
• Melvin Zais

Places

• Academy Building
• Al Mac's Diner-Restaurant
• Battleship Cove
• Braga Bridge
• Copicut Woods
• Fall River Government Center
• Fall River Heritage State Park
• Interstate 195 (Rhode Island-Massachusetts)
• Marine Museum at Fall River
• List of mills
  • Durfee Mills
  • Flint Mills
  • King Philip Mills
• New Harbour Mall
• Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum
• Quequechan Club
• Route 24
• St. Joseph's Orphanage

Media

• The Herald News
• WHTB
• WSAR

Education

• Fall River Public Schools
  • B.M.C. Durfee HS
• Diman Regional Vocational Technical HS
• Bristol Community College

Closed	Bishop Connolly HS Notre Dame School

Religion

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River
  • St. Anne's Church and Parish Complex
  • Notre Dame de Lourdes Church
  • St. Patrick's Church