National Register Listings in Bristol County, Massachusetts
Academy Building
Acushnet Heights Historic District
Al Mac's Diner-Restaurant
Algonquin Printing Co.
Allen, Elisha, House
American Printing Co. and Metacomet Mill
Anawan Club Clubhouse and Caretaker's House
Anawan Rock
Angle Tree Stone
Anthony, David M., House
Anthony, David M., House
Anthony, Harold H., House
Apponegansett Meeting House
Ashley House
Assonet Historic District
Attleborough Falls Gasholder Building
Attleborough Falls Historic District
Atwood, Charles R., House
Baker House
Bark Street School
Barnard Mills
Barneyville Historic District
Barnum School
Barrows, H.F., Manufacturing Company Building
Bartlett, J.C., House
Bassett, C.J.H., House
Bay Road
Beattie, W.C., House
Belmont Club/John Young House
Bend of the Lane
Blackinton Houses and Park
Bliss, Abiah, House
Bliss, Daniel, Homestead
Blossom, Barnabus, House
Boguslavsky Triple-Deckers
Borden Flats Light Station
Borden, A.J., Building
Borden, Ariadne J. and Mary A., House
Borden, N. B., School
Borden-Winslow House
Border City Mill No. 2
Bourne Mill
Bowen, Nathan, House
Bramble Hill
Brayton Homestead
Brayton Methodist Episcopal Church
Briggs Tavern
Brightman, Hathaway, House
Bristol County Courthouse Complex
Bristol County Superior Court
Brow's Tavern
Brown House
Brown, John, IV, House
Brownell, Henry G., House
Buffington, Deacon John, House
Buildings at 80 and 88 W. Brittania St.
Butler Flats Light Station
Buttonwood Park Historic District
Cadman-White-Handy House
Canedy, Squire William B., House
Capron House
Capron, George, House
Carney, Sgt. William H., House
Carpenter Bridge
Carpenter Homestead
Carpenter House
Carpenter, Christopher, House
Carpenter, Col. Thomas, III, House
Cataract Engine Company No. 3
Central Congregational Church
Central Fire Station
Central New Bedford Historic District
Chace Mills
Chace, A. B., Rowhouses
Charlton Mill
Chase's, Oliver, Thread Mill
Chase-Hyde Farm
Children's Home
Church Green
Church of Christ, Swansea
Church of the Ascension
Clarke, Pitt, House
Codding Farm, The
Cohannet Mill No. 3
Colby, Samuel, House
Cole, Benjamin, House
Collins, William, House
Colony Historic District
Commonwealth Avenue Historic District
Connell, William M., School
Coram Shipyard Historic District
Corky Row Historic District
Cornell Mills
Cottage-Freeman Historic District
Coughlin School
County Street Historic District
Crescent Mill
Cuffe, Paul, Farm
Cushing, Caleb, House and Farm
Davol School
Davol, William C., Jr., House
Dawson Building
Dean, Abiezar, House
Dean, George, House
Dean, Jonathan, House
Dean, Lloyd, House
Dean, Theodore, House
Dean-Barstow House
Dean-Hartshorn House
Dighton Rock
Dighton Wharves Historic District
Dodgeville Mill
Donaghy, Thomas, School
Downtown Fall River Historic District
Drown, Nathaniel, House
Durfee Mills
Durfee, B.M.C., High School
Earle, John M., House
East Attleborough Academy
East Freetown Historic District
East Taunton Fire Station
Eldridge House
Elm Cottage/Blanding Farm
ERNESTINA (schooner)
Fairbanks-Williams House
Fairhaven High School and Academy
Fairhaven Town Hall
Fall River Bleachery
Fall River Waterworks
Field, Albert, Tack Company
Fire Barn
Fire Station No. 4
First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church and Society
First Parsonage for Second East Parish Church
Fisher-Richardson House
Flint Mills
Fort Phoenix
Fort Taber District
Foster Spinning Co.
Fuller-Dauphin Estate
Furnace Village Historic District
Gardner, Francis L., House
Gardner, Joseph, House
Gardner, Preserved, House
Gardner, Samuel, House
Globe Yarn Mills
Godfrey, Gen. George, House
Godfrey, Richard, House
Goff Farm
Goff Homestead
Greany Building
Griffin Street Cemetery
H.H. Richardson Historic District of North Easton
Hargraves Mill No. 1
Harris Street Bridge
Haskins, Sarah A., House
Hathaway, James D., House
Hazelwood Park
Head of the River Historic District
Hebronville Mill Historic District
Higgins-Hodgeman House
High, Church and Gould Streets Historic District
Highlands Historic District
Hill School
Hixville Village Historic District
Hodges House
Holmes School Historic District
Hooper House
Hopewell Mills District
Hopewell School
Hornbine Baptist Church
Hornbine School
Horton, Welcome, Farm
Hortonville Historic District
Hotel Waverly
House at 108-112 Quarry Street
House at 197 Hornbine Road
House at 30 Kelton Street
Howland Mill Village Historic District
Ingalls-Wheeler-Horton Homstead Site
Ingraham, Robert C., School
Jesus Marie Convent
Jewish Cemetery
Johnson, J. V., House
Johnson, Nathan and Mary, Properties
Kennedy Park
Kilmer Street Fire Station
King Airfield Hanger
King Philip Mills
Kingsley House
Knapp, Job, House
Knapp, Seth, Jr. House
Lafayette-Durfee House
Lawrence, William, House
Leonard School
Leonard, James, House
Lightship No. 114
Lincoln, Ambrose, Jr., House
Lincoln, Asa, House
Lincoln, Gen. Thomas, House
Lindsey, William, House
Long Plain Friends Meetinghouse
Long Plain School
Lord-Baylies-Bennett House
Lothrop Memorial Building-G.A.R. Hall
Lothrop, H.B., Store
Lower Highlands Historic District
Luther House
Luther Store
Luther's Corner
Luther, William, House
Macomber, Calvin T., House
Makepeace, D. E., Company
Manley, William M., House
Manomet Mills
Martin Farm
Martin House
Martin House and Farm
Marvel, Theodore L., House
Mason, N. S., House
Mason, William P., House
Massasoit Fire House No. 5
McKinstrey House
Mechanics Mill
Merrill's Wharf Historic District
Millicent Library
Moreland Terrace Historic District
Morse House
Morse, Henry, House
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Narragansett Mills
Neck of Land Cemetery
New Bedford Gas and Edison Light Complex
New Bedford Historic District
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
North Attleborough Town Center Historic District
North Bedford Historic District
North Burial Ground
North Christian Congregational Church
North Easton Historic District
North Easton Railroad Station
North Taunton Baptist Church
Northbound and Southbound Stations
Norton Center Historic District
Norton House
Notre Dame School
Oak Grove Cemetery
Oak Grove Cemetery
Old Bay Road
Old Colony Iron Works-Nesmasket Mills Complex
Old Colony Railroad Station
Old Third District Courthouse
Old Town Historic District
Old Weir Stove Company
Osborn House
Osborn Street School
Padanaram Village Historic District
Palmer Island Light Station
Paull, Alfred, House
Peck-Bowen House
Perry, James, House
Picard, Israel, House
Pierce, Capt, Mial, Farm
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Pilgrim Mills
Pine Street School
Pocasset Firehouse No. 7
PT BOAT 796 (torpedo boat)
Qheguechan Club
Queguechan Valley Mills Historic District
Read, Nathan, House
Reed and Barton Complex
Rehoboth Village Historic District
Rhodes, M.M. and Sons Co.
Robinson, Capt. Joel, House
Rotch, William J., Gothic Cottage
Rotch, William Jr., House
Ruggles Park
Rural Cemetery and Friends Cemetery
Russell Garrison
Russells Mills Village Historic District
Sacred Heart School
Sadler, Herbert A., House
Sagamore Mill No. 2
Sagamore Mills No. 1 and No. 3
Sanford Spinning Co.
Santo Christo Church
Sawin, Ezekiel, House
School Street School
Seaconnett Mills
Shawmut Diner
Short's Tavern
Simcock House
Smith, Bradford, Building
Smith, John Mace, House
Smuggler's House
Soldiers' Memorial Library
Somerset Village Historic District
South Swansea Union Church
South Washington Street Historic District
Spring Brook Cemetery
St. Anne's Church and Parish Complex
St. Joseph's Church
St. Joseph's Orphanage
St. Louis Church
St. Mary's Cathedral and Rectory
St. Mary's Complex
St. Patrick's Church
St. Thomas Epsicopal Church
Stafford Mills
Staples, Sylvanus N., House
Stone House
Swansea Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery
Swansea Village Historic District
Sweet, Albert, House
Taunton Alms House
Taunton Green Historic District
Taunton Public Library
Taunton State Hospital
Thomas, H.P., House
Thompson Street School
Times and Olympia Buildings
Tisdale-Morse House
Torpedo Boat PT-617
Towne Street Historic District
Truesdale Hospital
Tucker Farm Historic District
U.S. Customhouse
U.S.S. JOSEPH P. KENNEDY JR. (DD-850)
U.S.S. LIONFISH
U.S.S. MASSACHUSETTS
Union Baptist Church
Union Congregational Church
Union Mills
Union Mission Chapel-Historical Hall
Union Street Railway Carbarn, Repair Shop
Unitarian Memorial Church
Unitarian Society, The
US Post Office-Attleboro Main
US Post Office-Taunton Main
USS LIONFISH (SS0298) National Historic Landmark
USS MASSACHUSETTS (BB-59) National Historic Landmark
Valentine-French House
Viall, Samuel, House
Vickery, Capt. David, House
Vickery-Baylies House
Walkden Farm
Walker School
Walker, Peter, House
Wampanoag Mills
Wamsutta Mills
Washburn, Samuel, House
Washington School
Watson, Newell & Company Factory
Weir Engine House
Westport Point Historic District
Westville Congregational Church
Wheeler, Aaron, House
Wheeler-Ingalls House
White, William L., Jr., House
Whitman Mills
Whittenton Fire and Police Station
Whittenton Mills Complex
Williams, Abiathar King, House
Williams, Enoch, House
Williams, Francis D., House
Williams, N.S., House
Willis, Joseph, House
Winslow Congregational Church
Winslow, Luther, Jr., House
Winthrop Street Baptist Church
Woman's Club of Fall River
Woodcock-Hatch-Maxcy House Historic District
Woodward, William, House
About Bristol County
Bristol County Timeline
Bristol County, Massachusetts has a rich and vibrant history dating back to the early colonial era. Originally inhabited by the Wampanoag Native American tribe, the area was first settled by Europeans in the early 17th century. In 1639, Plymouth Colony established the town of Duxbury, marking the first permanent European settlement in the county. As more settlers arrived, additional towns were established, including Taunton in 1639 and Dartmouth in 1664.
During the American Revolution, Bristol County played a significant role. In 1776, the Battle of Rhode Island, also known as the Battle of Quaker Hill, took place on the border of Bristol County and Newport, Rhode Island. This engagement was a crucial moment for American forces, as they successfully defended against a British attempt to recapture Newport.
In the 19th century, Bristol County saw rapid industrialization and economic growth. The cities of Fall River and New Bedford became major centers for textile manufacturing and the whaling industry, respectively. Fall River became famous for its cotton mills, while New Bedford became known as the world's whaling capital, with many ships departing from its harbor to hunt for whales in distant waters.
In the 20th century, Bristol County continued to evolve. The decline of the textile industry and the end of whaling led to an economic shift, and the county became more diverse in its industries. Today, Bristol County is known for its mix of suburban, urban, and rural areas, with a thriving economy that includes sectors such as healthcare, education, and technology. The county's rich history, picturesque landscapes, and vibrant communities make it an attractive destination for both residents and visitors.
During the American Revolution, Bristol County played a significant role. In 1776, the Battle of Rhode Island, also known as the Battle of Quaker Hill, took place on the border of Bristol County and Newport, Rhode Island. This engagement was a crucial moment for American forces, as they successfully defended against a British attempt to recapture Newport.
In the 19th century, Bristol County saw rapid industrialization and economic growth. The cities of Fall River and New Bedford became major centers for textile manufacturing and the whaling industry, respectively. Fall River became famous for its cotton mills, while New Bedford became known as the world's whaling capital, with many ships departing from its harbor to hunt for whales in distant waters.
In the 20th century, Bristol County continued to evolve. The decline of the textile industry and the end of whaling led to an economic shift, and the county became more diverse in its industries. Today, Bristol County is known for its mix of suburban, urban, and rural areas, with a thriving economy that includes sectors such as healthcare, education, and technology. The county's rich history, picturesque landscapes, and vibrant communities make it an attractive destination for both residents and visitors.
Bristol County Timeline
This timeline provides a glimpse into the major events and milestones that have shaped the history of Bristol County, Massachusetts.
- 1685 - Bristol County is established in Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 1692 - Bristol County becomes part of the newly formed Province of Massachusetts Bay.
- 1746 - County boundaries change with the creation of a new county, Bristol County, Rhode Island.
- 1790 - Population of Bristol County reaches 24,900.
- 1800 - New Bedford becomes the county seat.
- 1820 - Fall River splits from Freetown and becomes a separate town.
- 1840 - Fall River becomes a city.
- 1877 - The City of Taunton becomes the county seat.
- 1892 - The towns of Acushnet and Fairhaven split from New Bedford and become separate towns.
- 1950 - Population of Bristol County reaches 317,101.
- 1997 - Bristol County Superior Court is split into two divisions: New Bedford and Taunton.
- 2000 - Population of Bristol County reaches 534,678.