East Taunton Fire Station

East Taunton Fire Station is a historic fire station located on Middleboro Avenue in the East Taunton section of Taunton, Massachusetts. It was built in 1899 to replace a rented facility that housed the Old Colony Engine Company. It is a two-story brick building, five bays wide, with a hip roof. The rightmost three bays project forward, with a cross-gable hip roof, with the rightmost bays housing engines, and the left bay of the projection providing the main pedestrian entry. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[2]

East Taunton Fire Station
East Taunton Fire Station is located in Massachusetts
East Taunton Fire Station
East Taunton Fire Station is located in the United States
East Taunton Fire Station
LocationEast Taunton, Massachusetts
Coordinates41°52′56″N 71°2′1″W / 41.88222°N 71.03361°W / 41.88222; -71.03361
Built1899
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Queen Anne
MPSTaunton MRA
NRHP reference No.84002112 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 5, 1984

It is occupied by the Taunton Fire Department's Engine 9, Forestry 1, and the Taunton Police "East Taunton Precinct".

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for East Taunton Fire Station". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-06-03.