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A photograph showing the condition of the Hillman Street Firehouse, prior to construction. D owntown New Bedford's Historic District is home to dozens of once vibrant structures, keystones in their community, which now after years of neglect, sit vacant and dilapidated. Sitting among them at 109 Hillman Street, is the City's former Fire Station and Civil Defense Station. Built in 1892 the Fire House served its community for over 100 years. However as new stations were built,