Church Green (Taunton, Massachusetts)

Church Green
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Vietnam Memorial Fountain on Church Green
Location:	Taunton, Massachusetts
Coordinates:	41°54′5″N 71°5′17″W / 41.90139°N 71.08806°W / 41.90139; -71.08806Coordinates: 41°54′5″N 71°5′17″W / 41.90139°N 71.08806°W / 41.90139; -71.08806
Architect:	Multiple
Architectural style:	Late Victorian, Renaissance, Gothic Revival
Governing body:	Local
NRHP Reference#:	77000168 [1]
Added to NRHP:	December 16, 1977

Church Green is an historic district in Taunton, Massachusetts. It is a triangular-shaped town common located at the intersection of Summer Street (Route 140) and Dean Street (Route 44).

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, and includes the First Parish Church, the Old Colony Historical Society, Taunton City Hall, and several historic homes and commercial buildings.

The Church Green National Historic District overlaps the local Taunton Historic District, administered by the Taunton Historic District Commission.^[2]

History

Originally known as Meetinghouse Common, Church Green is the site of Taunton's first town center, and the location of its first meetinghouse (ca. 1647), used for both religious and governmental purposes.^[3]

Properties

Non-residential

• First Parish Church (1830)
• Taunton City Hall (1848 & 1896)
• Morton Block (c.1840)
• Old Colony Historical Society/Bristol Academy (1852)
• Leonard Block (1870)
• Winthrop Club (c.1900)
• Robert Treat Paine Statue (1904)
• Vietnam Memorial Fountain (1968)

Residential

• Anselm Bassett House (1825)
• Carleton Brabrook House (c.1873)
• George Crocker House (1858)
• Barney Deane House (c.1829)
• Charles Foster House (c.1845)
• Charles T. Hubbard House (1884)
• Charles T. Newbury House (1905)
• Maurice Mason House (c.1902)
• Abner Pitts House (1836)
• Frank Smeardon House (1919)
• Richard Warner House (1919)
• Alfred B. Williams House (1899)

Non-contributing property

• 31 Church Green (1970), modern apartment building

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  First Parish Church

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  City Hall and Leonard Block

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  Charles T. Hubbard House

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  Charles T. Newbury House

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  Old Colony Historical Society

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  Winthrop Club and Morton Block

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  Maurice Mason House

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  Robert Treat Paine Statue

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Taunton, Massachusetts
• Taunton Green Historic District

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ Taunton Historic District
3. ^ Walking Tours pamphlet, 1998, Taunton Historic District Commission

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