Union Street Railway Carbarn, Repair Shop

Union Street Railway Carbarn, Repair Shop
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Union Street Railway Carbarn in 2023
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Location	New Bedford, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°39′7″N 70°55′52″W
Built	1897
Architect	Louis E. Destremps[2]
Part of	Acushnet Heights Historic District (ID89002035)
NRHP reference No.	78000431[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 2, 1978
Designated CP	December 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]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in New Bedford, Massachusetts

References

1. "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.