Union Street Railway Carbarn, Repair Shop

Coordinates: 41°39′7″N 70°55′52″W / 41.65194°N 70.93111°W / 41.65194; -70.93111
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Union Street Railway Carbarn, Repair Shop
Union Street Railway Carbarn in 2023
Union Street Railway Carbarn, Repair Shop is located in Massachusetts
Union Street Railway Carbarn, Repair Shop
Union Street Railway Carbarn, Repair Shop is located in the United States
Union Street Railway Carbarn, Repair Shop
LocationNew Bedford, Massachusetts
Coordinates41°39′7″N 70°55′52″W / 41.65194°N 70.93111°W / 41.65194; -70.93111
Built1897
ArchitectLouis E. Destremps[2]
Part ofAcushnet Heights Historic District (ID89002035)
NRHP reference No.78000431[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 2, 1978
Designated CPDecember 1, 1989

The Union Street Railway Carbarn, Repair Shop is a historic transit maintenance facility of the Union Street Railway Company at 1959 Purchase Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Built in 1910, the carbarn was the center of the New Bedford's streetcar network, which operated from 1872 to 1947. The carbarn is a large single-story brick building, occupying nearly half of a city block.[3] The adjacent repair shop building, a single-story brick-and-wood building, was built in 1897; it was demolished sometime between 1978 and 2003.[4]

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "Union Street Railway Carbarn". MACRIS. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  3. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Union Street Railway Carbarn". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  4. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Union Street Railway Repair Shop". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved June 17, 2014.