National Register of Historic Places listings in New Bedford, Massachusetts facts for kids

List of Registered Historic Places in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted March 31, 2017.

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	Description
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
2	Butler Flats Light		June 15, 1987 (#87001530)	New Bedford Channel 41°36′07″N 70°53′54″W
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
4	Sgt. William H. Carney House		April 21, 1975 (#75000243)	128 Mill St. 41°38′15″N 70°55′59″W
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
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
7	Dawson Building		September 30, 1982 (#82001900)	1851 Purchase St. 41°39′N 70°56′W
8	Thomas Donaghy School		March 2, 1989 (#89000041)	68 South St. 41°37′33″N 70°55′25″W
9	ERNESTINA (schooner)		January 3, 1985 (#85000022)	Steamship Wharf 41°38′01″N 70°55′16″W
10	Fire Station No. 4		July 24, 1975 (#75000250)	79 S. 6th St. 41°37′41″N 70°55′38″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
12	Fort Taber District		February 8, 1973 (#73001954)	Wharf Rd. within Fort Rodman Military Reservation 41°35′36″N 70°54′14″W
13	Griffin Street Cemetery		March 19, 2014 (#14000062)	S. 2nd & Griffin Sts. 41°37′42″N 70°55′22″W
14	Hazelwood Park		June 24, 2010 (#10000389)	597-603 Brock Ave. 41°36′24″N 70°54′48″W
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	Extends into Acushnet.
16	Hotel Waverly		January 26, 1990 (#89002326)	1162-1166 Acushnet Ave. 41°39′26″N 70°55′38″W
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
18	Robert C. Ingraham School		March 2, 2010 (#10000056)	80 Rivet St. 41°37′14″N 70°55′20″W
19	Jewish Cemetery		April 15, 2014 (#14000155)	Old Plainville Road 41°40′51″N 70°58′01″W
20	Nathan and Mary Johnson Properties		February 16, 2000 (#00000260)	17-19 and 21 7th Street 41°37′59″N 70°55′44″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	Scrapped.
22	Manomet Mills		May 24, 2012 (#12000304)	194-194R, 200 Riverside Ave. 41°40′03″N 70°55′12″W
23	Merrill's Wharf Historic District		November 11, 1977 (#77000167)	MacArthur Dr. 41°37′59″N 70°55′15″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
25	New Bedford Gas and Edison Light Complex		June 3, 2002 (#02000633)	180 MacAuthur Dr. 41°37′49″N 70°55′16″W
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	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
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
29	Oak Grove Cemetery		April 28, 2014 (#14000176)	Parker St. 41°38′37″N 70°56′32″W
30	Old Third District Courthouse		September 28, 1971 (#71000083)	2nd and William Sts. 41°38′09″N 70°55′29″W
31	Palmer Island Light Station		March 26, 1980 (#80000433)	New Bedford Harbor 41°37′34″N 70°54′35″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
33	William Rotch Jr. House		April 5, 2005 (#05000456)	396 County Street 41°37′49″N 70°55′43″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
35	Shawmut Diner		November 28, 2003 (#03001208)	943 Shawmut Ave. 41°39′32″N 70°56′51″W
36	Bradford Smith Building		May 17, 1984 (#84002216)	1927-1941 Purchase St. 41°39′04″N 70°55′49″W	Demolished.
37	Thompson Street School		January 26, 1990 (#89002329)	58 Crapo St. 41°37′17″N 70°55′37″W
38	Times and Olympia Buildings		July 7, 1983 (#83000725)	908-912 and 880-898 Purchase St. 41°38′11″N 70°55′36″W
39	U.S. Customhouse		December 30, 1970 (#70000735)	Southwestern corner of 2nd and Williams Sts. 41°38′07″N 70°55′29″W	Oldest U.S. Customs facility in continuous use; Greek Revival public building by Robert Mills
40	Union Baptist Church		June 16, 2008 (#08000532)	109 Court St. 41°38′03″N 70°56′05″W
41	Union Street Railway Carbarn, Repair Shop		October 2, 1978 (#78000431)	1959 Purchase St. 41°39′07″N 70°55′52″W
42	Wamsutta Mills		August 19, 2008 (#08000794)	Acushnet Ave., Logan, Wamsutta, and N. Front St. 41°39′05″N 70°55′39″W
43	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

Former listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	Summary
1	Rotch Counting House		Unknown (#71001103)	1972	123 Front St.	Demolished for construction of the JFK Memorial Parkway in downtown New Bedford.