County Justice Center – Fall River
Location: 186 Main Street / Border Street
Built: 2007 – 2010
Style: Modern
Architect: Finegold Alexander & Associates Ltd.
Contractor: Dimeo Construction
Description: The building faces north and is a five story structure. The building is located in the center of Fall River. The northeast corner has a wide curved glass front with vertical dividers. The first story entrance is a semi circular one story section with vertical dividers with recessed glass walls. The windows are horizontal and the roof line is flat..
Note: The cost of construction was $85,000,000.
Courthouse – Fall River
Location: 289 Rock Street / Cherry Street
Built: 1884 – 1886
Style: Romanesque
Architect: George A Clough of Boston
Contractor: Norcross Brothers.
Description: The building faces west and is a four story gray colored granite structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds on a hill in the center of Fall River and was constructed as the B M C Durfee High School. The southwest corner has a high square clock tower with steep roof. Towards the north is a round tower with dome roof. The first story of the building is constructed of native Fall River Granite, while the stone of the upper portions is from Mason, New Hampshire. The roof is hipped. The building houses the Probate and Family Courts.
Old Courthouse – Fall River
Location: 441 North Main Street / Walnut Street
Built: 1889 – 1890
Style: Romanesque
Architect: Robert H Slack
Contractor: Darling Brothers
Description: The building faces west and is a three story gray colored granite stone structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of Fall River. The southwest corner has a large square stone tower rising five stories with steep green colored roof. The west front has a central projecting arched entrance. The north section projects westwards. On the south side is a rounded tower with green colored conical roof and arched entrance on the first story. The roof is hipped. The building is now the Children’s Museum. On the north side is the Registry of Deeds constructed in 1930 to 1931. The architect was Edward M Corbett.
See: The Bristol County courthouse is located in Taunton.
County Justice Center – Fall River
Old Courthouse – Fall River
Former courtroom
Photos taken 2017