National Register of Historic Places listings in New Bedford, Massachusetts

List of Registered Historic Places in New Bedford, Massachusetts, which has been transferred from and is an integral part of List of Registered Historic Places in Bristol County, Massachusetts

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 24, 2012.

	Landmark name	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Summary
1	Acushnet Heights Historic District		01989-12-01December 1, 1989	Roughly bounded by Summer, Weld, Purchase, Pope, County, and Robeson 41°38′52″N 70°55′53″W
2	Butler Flats Light		01987-06-15June 15, 1987	New Bedford Channel 41°36′07″N 70°53′54″W
3	Buttonwood Park Historic District		02000-08-24August 24, 2000	Kempton St., Rockdale Ave., Hawthorne St., and Brownell Ave. 41°37′55″N 70°57′07″W
4	Sgt. William H. Carney House		01975-04-21April 21, 1975	128 Mill St. 41°38′15″N 70°55′59″W
5	Central New Bedford Historic District		01980-04-24April 24, 1980	Roughly bounded by Acushnet Ave. and School, Middle, and 6th Sts. 41°38′06″N 70°55′39″W
6	County Street Historic District		01976-08-11August 11, 1976	Roughly bounded by Acushnet, Page, Middle, and Bedford Sts. (both sides) 41°37′55″N 70°55′55″W
7	Dawson Building		01982-09-30September 30, 1982	1851 Purchase St. 41°39′N 70°56′W
8	Thomas Donaghy School		01989-03-02March 2, 1989	68 South St. 41°37′33″N 70°55′25″W
9	ERNESTINA (schooner)		01985-01-03January 3, 1985	Steamship Wharf 41°38′01″N 70°55′16″W		National Historic Landmark
10	Fire Station No. 4		01975-07-24July 24, 1975	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		01975-04-21April 21, 1975	149 William St. 41°38′06″N 70°55′44″W
12	Fort Taber District		01973-02-08February 8, 1973	Wharf Rd. within Fort Rodman Military Reservation 41°35′36″N 70°54′14″W
13	Hazelwood Park		02010-06-24June 24, 2010	597-603 Brock Ave. 41°36′24″N 70°54′48″W
14	Head of the River Historic District		02009-12-02December 2, 2009	2-28 Main St., Acushnet; 2-28 Mill Rd., 2-13 Tarkiln Hill Rd. 41°40′54″N 70°55′09″W
15	Hotel Waverly		01990-01-26January 26, 1990	1162-1166 Acushnet Ave. 41°39′26″N 70°55′38″W
16	Howland Mill Village Historic District		01996-05-30May 30, 1996	Roughly bounded by Bolton, Winsper, Hemlock Sts., and Rockdale Ave. 41°36′58″N 70°56′00″W
17	Robert C. Ingraham School		02010-03-02March 2, 2010	80 Rivet St. 41°37′14″N 70°55′20″W
18	Nathan and Mary Johnson Properties		02000-02-16February 16, 2000	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
19	Lightship No. 114		01990-05-30May 30, 1990	State Pier 41°38′08″N 70°55′16″W
20	Merrill's Wharf Historic District		01977-11-11November 11, 1977	MacArthur Dr. 41°37′59″N 70°55′15″W
21	Moreland Terrace Historic District		01996-06-03June 3, 1996	Roughly bounded by Moreland Terrace, Ash, Bedford, and Page Sts. 41°37′40″N 70°56′11″W
22	New Bedford Gas and Edison Light Complex		02002-06-03June 3, 2002	180 MacAuthur Dr. 41°37′49″N 70°55′16″W
23	New Bedford Historic District		01966-11-13November 13, 1966	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
24	New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park		01996-11-12November 12, 1996	33 William St. 41°38′08″N 70°55′27″W
25	North Bedford Historic District		01979-09-19September 19, 1979	Roughly bounded by Summer, Park, Pleasant, and Kempton Sts. 41°38′25″N 70°55′49″W
26	Old Third District Courthouse		01971-09-28September 28, 1971	2nd and William Sts. 41°38′09″N 70°55′29″W
27	Palmer Island Light Station		01980-03-26March 26, 1980	New Bedford Harbor 41°37′34″N 70°54′35″W		ARLHS USA-578
28	William J. Rotch Gothic Cottage		02006-02-17February 17, 2006	19 Irving St. 41°37′50″N 70°55′55″W		National Historic Landmark
29	William Rotch, Jr. House		02005-04-05April 5, 2005	396 County Street 41°37′49″N 70°55′43″W		National Historic Landmark Early Richard Upjohn house for prominent whaling family
30	Shawmut Diner		02003-11-28November 28, 2003	943 Shawmut Ave. 41°39′32″N 70°56′51″W
31	Bradford Smith Building		01984-05-17May 17, 1984	1927-1941 Purchase St. 41°39′04″N 70°55′49″W
32	Thompson Street School		01990-01-26January 26, 1990	58 Crapo St. 41°37′17″N 70°55′37″W
33	Times and Olympia Buildings		01983-07-07July 7, 1983	908-912 and 880-898 Purchase St. 41°38′11″N 70°55′36″W
34	U.S. Customhouse		01970-12-30December 30, 1970	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
35	Union Baptist Church		02008-06-16June 16, 2008	109 Court St. 41°38′03″N 70°56′05″W
36	Union Street Railway Carbarn, Repair Shop		01978-10-02October 2, 1978	1959 Purchase St. 41°39′07″N 70°55′52″W
37	Wamsutta Mills		02008-08-19August 19, 2008	Acushnet Ave., Logan, Wamsutta, and N. Front St. 41°39′05″N 70°55′39″W
38	Whitman Mills		02003-08-29August 29, 2003	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		(#83004613) More Info

See also

• List of National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts