National Register of Historic Places listings in New Bedford, Massachusetts
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List of Registered Historic Places in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted August 9, 2024.[1]
[2] | Name on the Register[3] | Image | Date listed[4] | Location | Description |
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1 | Acushnet Heights Historic District | ![]() |
December 1, 1989 (#89002035) |
Roughly bounded by Summer, Weld, Purchase, Pope, County, and Robeson 41°38′52″N 70°55′53″W / 41.647778°N 70.931389°W |
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2 | Butler Flats Light | ![]() |
June 15, 1987 (#87001530) |
New Bedford Channel 41°36′07″N 70°53′54″W / 41.601944°N 70.898333°W |
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3 | Buttonwood Park Historic District | ![]() |
August 24, 2000 (#00000915) |
Kempton St., Rockdale Ave., Hawthorne St., and Brownell Ave. 41°37′55″N 70°57′07″W / 41.631944°N 70.951944°W |
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4 | Sgt. William H. Carney House | ![]() |
April 21, 1975 (#75000243) |
128 Mill St. 41°38′15″N 70°55′59″W / 41.6375°N 70.933056°W |
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5 | Central New Bedford Historic District | ![]() |
April 24, 1980 (#80000430) |
Roughly bounded by Acushnet Ave. and School, Middle, and 6th Sts. 41°38′06″N 70°55′39″W / 41.635°N 70.9275°W |
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6 | County Street Historic District | ![]() |
August 11, 1976 (#76000229) |
Roughly bounded by Acushnet, Page, Middle, and Bedford Sts. (both sides) 41°37′55″N 70°55′55″W / 41.631944°N 70.931944°W |
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7 | Dawson Building | ![]() |
September 30, 1982 (#82001900) |
1851 Purchase St. 41°39′N 70°56′W / 41.65°N 70.93°W |
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8 | Thomas Donaghy School | ![]() |
March 2, 1989 (#89000041) |
68 South St. 41°37′33″N 70°55′25″W / 41.625833°N 70.923611°W |
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9 | ERNESTINA (schooner) | ![]() |
January 3, 1985 (#85000022) |
Steamship Wharf 41°38′01″N 70°55′16″W / 41.633611°N 70.921111°W |
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10 | Fire Station No. 4 | ![]() |
July 24, 1975 (#75000250) |
79 S. 6th St. 41°37′41″N 70°55′38″W / 41.628056°N 70.927222°W |
1867 building was oldest fire station in state when closed; now home of New Bedford Fire Museum |
11 | First Baptist Church | ![]() |
April 21, 1975 (#75000251) |
149 William St. 41°38′06″N 70°55′44″W / 41.635°N 70.928889°W |
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12 | Fort Taber District | ![]() |
February 8, 1973 (#73001954) |
Wharf Rd. within Fort Rodman Military Reservation 41°35′36″N 70°54′14″W / 41.593333°N 70.903889°W |
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13 | Griffin Street Cemetery | ![]() |
March 19, 2014 (#14000062) |
S. 2nd & Griffin Sts. 41°37′42″N 70°55′22″W / 41.628323°N 70.922738°W |
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14 | Hazelwood Park | ![]() |
June 24, 2010 (#10000389) |
597-603 Brock Ave. 41°36′24″N 70°54′48″W / 41.606667°N 70.913333°W |
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15 | Head of the River Historic District | ![]() |
December 2, 2009 (#09000965) |
2-28 Mill Rd., 2-13 Tarkiln Hill Rd. 41°40′54″N 70°55′09″W / 41.681736°N 70.919186°W |
Extends into Acushnet. |
16 | Hotel Waverly | ![]() |
January 26, 1990 (#89002326) |
1162-1166 Acushnet Ave. 41°39′26″N 70°55′38″W / 41.657222°N 70.927222°W |
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17 | Howland Mill Village Historic District | ![]() |
May 30, 1996 (#96000609) |
Roughly bounded by Bolton, Winsper, Hemlock Sts., and Rockdale Ave. 41°36′58″N 70°56′00″W / 41.616111°N 70.933333°W |
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18 | Robert C. Ingraham School | ![]() |
March 2, 2010 (#10000056) |
80 Rivet St. 41°37′14″N 70°55′20″W / 41.6206°N 70.9223°W |
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19 | Jewish Cemetery | ![]() |
April 15, 2014 (#14000155) |
Old Plainville Road 41°40′51″N 70°58′01″W / 41.6808°N 70.9670°W |
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20 | Nathan and Mary Johnson Properties | ![]() |
February 16, 2000 (#00000260) |
17-19 and 21 7th Street 41°37′59″N 70°55′44″W / 41.633056°N 70.928889°W |
National Historic Landmark; home and meetinghouse of African-American abolitionist couple who took in Frederick Douglass after he escaped from slavery |
21 | Lightship No. 114 | ![]() |
May 30, 1990 (#90000777) |
formerly State Pier 41°38′08″N 70°55′16″W / 41.635556°N 70.921111°W |
Scrapped. |
22 | Manomet Mills | ![]() |
May 24, 2012 (#12000304) |
194-194R, 200 Riverside Ave. 41°40′03″N 70°55′12″W / 41.667494°N 70.920035°W |
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23 | Merrill's Wharf Historic District | ![]() |
November 11, 1977 (#77000167) |
MacArthur Dr. 41°37′59″N 70°55′15″W / 41.633056°N 70.920833°W |
Encompasses Steamship Pier and adjacent Coal Pocket Pier. |
24 | Moreland Terrace Historic District | ![]() |
June 3, 1996 (#96000610) |
Roughly bounded by Moreland Terrace, Ash, Bedford, and Page Sts. 41°37′40″N 70°56′11″W / 41.627778°N 70.936389°W |
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25 | New Bedford Gas and Edison Light Complex | ![]() |
June 3, 2002 (#02000633) |
180 MacAuthur Dr. 41°37′49″N 70°55′16″W / 41.630278°N 70.921111°W |
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26 | New Bedford Historic District | ![]() |
November 13, 1966 (#66000773) |
Bounded by Front St. on the east, Elm St. on the north, Acushnet Ave. on the west, and Commercial St. on the south 41°38′07″N 70°55′27″W / 41.635278°N 70.924167°W |
National Historic Landmark |
27 | New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park | ![]() |
November 12, 1996 (#03000283) |
33 William St. 41°38′08″N 70°55′27″W / 41.635692°N 70.924064°W |
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28 | North Bedford Historic District | ![]() |
September 19, 1979 (#00000899) |
Roughly bounded by Summer, Park, Pleasant, and Kempton Sts. 41°38′25″N 70°55′49″W / 41.640278°N 70.930278°W |
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29 | Oak Grove Cemetery | ![]() |
April 28, 2014 (#14000176) |
Parker St. 41°38′37″N 70°56′32″W / 41.6437°N 70.9422°W |
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30 | Old Third District Courthouse | ![]() |
September 28, 1971 (#71000083) |
2nd and William Sts. 41°38′09″N 70°55′29″W / 41.635833°N 70.924722°W |
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31 | Palmer Island Light Station | ![]() |
March 26, 1980 (#80000433) |
New Bedford Harbor 41°37′34″N 70°54′35″W / 41.626111°N 70.909722°W |
ARLHS USA-578 |
32 | William J. Rotch Gothic Cottage | ![]() |
February 17, 2006 (#06000236) |
19 Irving St. 41°37′50″N 70°55′55″W / 41.630494°N 70.931811°W |
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33 | William Rotch Jr. House | ![]() |
April 5, 2005 (#05000456) |
396 County Street 41°37′49″N 70°55′43″W / 41.630297°N 70.928686°W |
Early Richard Upjohn house for prominent whaling family |
34 | Rural Cemetery and Friends Cemetery | ![]() |
April 28, 2014 (#14000177) |
149 Dartmouth St. 41°37′22″N 70°56′07″W / 41.6229°N 70.9354°W |
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35 | Bradford Smith Building | ![]() |
May 17, 1984 (#84002216) |
1927-1941 Purchase St. 41°39′04″N 70°55′49″W / 41.651111°N 70.930278°W |
Demolished.[5] |
36 | Thompson Street School | ![]() |
January 26, 1990 (#89002329) |
58 Crapo St. 41°37′17″N 70°55′37″W / 41.621389°N 70.926944°W |
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37 | Times and Olympia Buildings | ![]() |
July 7, 1983 (#83000725) |
908-912 and 880-898 Purchase St. 41°38′11″N 70°55′36″W / 41.636389°N 70.926667°W |
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38 | U.S. Customhouse | ![]() |
December 30, 1970 (#70000735) |
Southwestern corner of 2nd and Williams Sts. 41°38′07″N 70°55′29″W / 41.635278°N 70.924722°W |
Oldest U.S. Customs facility in continuous use; Greek Revival public building by Robert Mills |
39 | Union Baptist Church | ![]() |
June 16, 2008 (#08000532) |
109 Court St. 41°38′03″N 70°56′05″W / 41.634181°N 70.934775°W |
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40 | Union Street Railway Carbarn, Repair Shop | ![]() |
October 2, 1978 (#78000431) |
1959 Purchase St. 41°39′07″N 70°55′52″W / 41.651944°N 70.931111°W |
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41 | Wamsutta Mills | ![]() |
August 19, 2008 (#08000794) |
Acushnet Ave., Logan, Wamsutta, and N. Front St. 41°39′05″N 70°55′39″W / 41.651479°N 70.927627°W |
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42 | Whitman Mills | ![]() |
August 29, 2003 (#03000844) |
1, 90, and the eastern side of Riverside Ave., rear 1 and the southern and northern sides of Coffin Ave., and 10 Manomet St. 41°39′45″N 70°55′10″W / 41.6625°N 70.919444°W |
Former listings
edit[2] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Date removed | Location | Description |
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1 | Rotch Counting House | September 28, 1971 (#71001103) | September 25, 1972 | 123 Front St. |
Demolished for construction of the JFK Memorial Parkway in downtown New Bedford.[6] | |
2 | Shawmut Diner | November 28, 2003 (#03001208) | December 26, 2023 | 943 Shawmut Ave. 41°39′32″N 70°56′51″W / 41.658889°N 70.9475°W |
See also
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References
edit- ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ a b Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 24, 2008.
- ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
- ^ "Cultural Inventory Record for Bradford Smith Building". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
- ^ McCabe, Marsha; Thomas, Joseph D. (1995). Not Just Anywhere: The Story of WHALE and the Rescue of New Bedford's Waterfront Historic District. ISBN 9780932027283.