Highlands Historic District (Fall River, Massachusetts)

The Highlands Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by June, Cherry, and Weetamoe Streets, Lincoln, Highland, President, North Main, and Hood Avenues in Fall River, Massachusetts.

The area is located along a high ridge with views of the Taunton River and Mount Hope Bay.

After the original downtown area of the city suffered a devastating fire in 1843, the wealthy mill owners and their families gradually sought to distance themselves from the central business district.

The Highlands Historic District contains a wide variety of mostly residential homes largely built between 1840 and 1925.

Just one home, the Church-Tory house (c.1750) at 96 French Street predates the major development of the area.

Edmund Chase House (c.1874)
Jefferson Borden House (c.1840)