Highlands Historic District (Fall River, Massachusetts)

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location= Fall River, Massachusetts
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 42
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lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 71
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built = 1840
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architecture= Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Greek Revival, Late Victorian
added = February 16, 1983
governing_body = Private
mpsub=Fall River MRA
refnum=83000677cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Highlands Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by June, Cherry, and Weetamoe Streets, Lincoln, Highland, President, North Main, and Hood Avenues in Fall River, Massachusetts. The district lies just north of the Lower Highlands Historic District (Ref #84002171).

The Highlands Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It encompasses over 1,400 acres and contains over 300 structures.

History

The area known today as the "highlands" in Fall River was originally known as the Rodman Farm. The area is located along a high ridge with views of the Taunton River and Mount Hope Bay. After the original downtown area of the city suffered a devastating fire in 1843, the wealthy mill owners and their families gradually sought to distance themselves from the central business district.

The Highlands Historic District contains a wide variety of mostly residential homes largely built between 1840 and 1925. Just one home, the Church-Tory house (c.1750) at 96 French Street predates the major development of the area.

The district also includes North Park, designed by the Olmsted Brothers in the mid-1880s. [A Guide Book to Fall River's National Register Properties, 1984]

Contributing properties (partial listing)

Residential
*Church-Tory House (c.1750), 96 French Street, Colonial
*Jefferson Borden House (c.1840), 386 High Street, Greek Revival
*Remington-Borden House (c.1858), 511 Rock Street, Carpenter Gothic
*Edmund Chase House (c.1874), 388 Rock Street, Second Empire
*Simeon Borden House (1876), 484 Highland Street, Ruskinian Gothic
*Charles Buffington House (1882), 216 Prospect Street, Queen Anne
*Maplecroft (Allen-Borden House) (1889), 306 French Street, Queen Anne

Educational/public
*Westall School (1907), 276 Maple Street
*Fall River Technical School (1929), 290 Rock Street
*Quequechan Firehouse (1873), 330 Prospect Street

Religious
*First Congregational Church (1913), 282 Rock Street
*United Presbyterian Church (1924), 414 Rock Street
*Temple Beth-El (1928), 385 High Street

Properties with separate NRHP listings

*B.M.C. Durfee High School (1886), 289 Rock Street, added in 1981
*Osborn House (1843), 456 Rock Street, added in 1980

ee also

*Lower Highlands Historic District
*List of Registered Historic Places in Fall River, Massachusetts
*Fall River, Massachusetts

References

External links

* [http://www.fallriverpreservation.org/images/houses_slideshow_images/houses_slideshow.php?directory=. Gallery of Homes in the Highlands]
* [http://www.asergeev.com/pictures/archives/2004/375/jpeg/05.jpgphoto of Rock Street in winter, from Asergeev.com]