[1] The gasholder building is located at the northwest corner of Elm and Mount Hope Streets, in central eastern North Attleborough.

The structure is built out of brick laid in common bond, with finely detailed corbelling and pilasters.

The structure originally housed a tank in which gas created by a coal gasification process was stored.

Its Attleboro Falls plant was expanded in 1874, and this structure was built in 1882 as the third in town to store gas in order to meet increased demand.

Roy Underhill, a gas company employee, purchased the building in that year, and was responsible for saving it from destruction by developers.