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Central Fire Station
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National Register of Historic Places

Central Fire Station

On the National Register since 197749 years
Second EmpireListed 1977Brockton
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Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

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About Central Fire Station

Central Fire Station, at 40 Pleasant St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jul 25, 1977. It was among the first 4 of Brockton’s 24 listings, with two others the same day. The Register lists it for its architecture and invention, at the local level. It describes its style as Second Empire, as it does for 237 other Massachusetts listings. Ten more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isFire station in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 34 MB · National Archives↗
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Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes

40 Pleasant St., Brockton · about 0.3 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Central Fire StationStart here
  2. 2North Downtown Historic DistrictDistrict · next door
  3. 3New England Telephone and Telegraph Engineering OfficeBuilt 1923 · next door
  4. 4Dr. Edgar Everett Dean HouseQueen Anne · 0.1 mi on
  5. 5Lyman Block19th Century Commercial · 0.1 mi on
Around it

9 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BCurtis BuildingRomanesque Revival · Built 18980.1 miBGoldthwaite BlockVictorian0.1 miBHoward BlockBuilding0.1 miBBrockton City HallRomanesque · Built 18920.2 miDSchool Street-Main Street Historic DistrictDistrict0.2 miDCentre and Montello Streets Historic DistrictDistrict0.2 miBOld Post Office BuildingGeorgian Revival0.3 miBGardner J. Kingman HouseQueen Anne0.4 miDBlanchard Plat Historic DistrictDistrict0.4 mi
More like it

Second Empire style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Second Empire.

Lower Union Street Historic District6.1 mi away
Stoneholm7.7 mi away
Front Street Historic District9.4 mi away
Central Square Historic District10.2 mi away

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Questions about Central Fire Station

Is Central Fire Station on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Jul 25, 1977 (Register number 77000193).

Is Central Fire Station a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Massachusetts has 189 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is H.H. Richardson Historic District of North Easton, 3.9 miles away.

Can you visit Central Fire Station?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Central Fire Station?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 34 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 63796618 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.