Dawson Building

	Dawson Building
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district – Contributing property
	Location within Massachusetts Location within the United States
Location	1851 Purchase Street,; New Bedford, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°39′0″N 70°55′48″W / 41.65000°N 70.93000°W
Built	1896
Architect	Samuel C. Hunt
Architectural style	Classical Revival
Part of	Acushnet Heights Historic District (ID89002035)
NRHP reference No.	82001900
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 30, 1982
Designated CP	December 1, 1989

The Dawson Building (also known as the Eagles Home) is a historic commercial building located at 1851 Purchase Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Description and history

It is a four-story, brick Classical Revival style building, whose most prominent feature is a large octagonal turret at the corner. It was constructed in 1896 for Benjamin Dawson, a grocer and liquor distributor. In 1923, it was purchased by the New Bedford Aeire #647 Fraternal Order of Eagles. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and included in the Acushnet Heights Historic District in 1989.^[2] The building has since been converted into a 32-unit affordable housing apartment building.^[3]

References

↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
↑ MHC Inventory Form
↑ "Dawson Building | New Bedford, Massachusetts". section-8-housing.credio.com. Retrieved August 7, 2017.^{[dead link]}

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[2] MHC Inventory Form

[3] "Dawson Building | New Bedford, Massachusetts". section-8-housing.credio.com. Retrieved August 7, 2017.^{[dead link]}

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v t e National Register of Historic Places in New Bedford, Massachusetts
Historic districts	Acushnet Heights Buttonwood Park Central New Bedford County Street Head of the River Howland Mill Village Merrill's Wharf Moreland Terrace New Bedford Gas and Edison Light Complex North Bedford Whitman Mills
Historic properties	Bradford Smith Building Butler Flats Light Sgt. William H. Carney House Dawson Building First Baptist Church Fort Rodman Griffin Street Cemetery Hazelwood Park Hotel Waverly Jewish Cemetery of New Bedford Lightship No. 114 Manomet Mills New Bedford Fire Museum New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Oak Grove Cemetery Old Third District Courthouse Palmer Island Light Robert C. Ingraham School Rural Cemetery and Friends Cemetery Thomas Donaghy School Thompson Street School Times and Olympia Buildings Union Baptist Church Union Street Railway Carbarn, Repair Shop Wamsutta Mills Whitman Mills
National Historic Landmark Districts	New Bedford Historic District
National Historic Landmarks	Ernestina (schooner) Nathan and Mary (Polly) Johnson properties Rotch–Jones–Duff House and Garden Museum William J. Rotch Gothic Cottage United States Customhouse
Former	Rotch Counting House Shawmut Diner
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and List of National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts

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Dawson Building

Description and history

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References