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Christmas House Tour 2009

sanctaflora wrote 3 weeks ago: The weather cooperated this year, with clear blue skies, lots of sun and just a chill in the air to … more →

Tags: Christmas House Tours, Founding families, Gingerbread Gems, Historical Society, Preservation Society, Rock Street, Fall River House Tours, Lafayette Durfee House, Preservation Society of Fall River

Fall River Historical Society Summer Garden

sanctaflora wrote 4 months ago: … more →

Tags: Garden Spots, hidden treasures, Highland Avenue, Rock Street, Fall River Historical Society, Fall River Victorian Gardens

Signs of Spring

sanctaflora wrote 7 months ago: The beautiful Dana Brayton house porch is getting a nip-tuck this week as the Rock Street side porch … more →

Tags: Gingerbread Gems, Architectural Elements, Rock Street, renovations, Dana Brayton House, Fall River Construction Projects, Fall River

Underwood Street

sanctaflora wrote 10 months ago: Although Mapquest does not even show Underwood Street on its map of Fall River- it does exist and is … more →

Tags: Art | Architecture, Founding families, Gingerbread Gems, hidden treasures, Hooper House, Underwood

Charm on High Street1 comment

sanctaflora wrote 1 year ago: Tucked away on the east side of High Street are these two delightful capes which face each other lik … more →

Tags: Architectural Elements, Not Quite Painted Ladies, Fall River Capes, High Street Fall River

The Simeon Borden/ Sarah Brayton House1 comment

sanctaflora wrote 1 year ago: This elaborate  High Victorian Ruskinian Gothic residence was built in 1875 for Simeon Borden. He wa … more →

Tags: Gingerbread Gems, House Tales, Architectural Elements, Highland Avenue, Founding families, Hartwell and Swazey, Simeon Borden, Sarah Brayton

New Boston Road Gingerbread Gem1 comment

sanctaflora wrote 1 year ago:   Also in the north end of town, New Boston Road, which passes by the Charlton Hospital is peppered … more →

Tags: Gingerbread Gems, Not Quite Painted Ladies, Fall River Eateries, New Boston Road

Borden-Durfee House c. 1850

sanctaflora wrote 1 year ago: At the very west end of Prospect Street, just before turning left onto Rock Street, there is an amaz … more →

Tags: Gingerbread Gems

More on the Sanford House

sanctaflora wrote 1 year ago:  A little more information today on what may be the most beautiful of the Painted Ladies at 218 Linc … more →

Tags: Gingerbread Gems, House Tales

Elizabeth Hitchcock Brayton Memorial

sanctaflora wrote 1 year ago: As luck would have it, a visit to New Bedford’s antique mall on the cove yielded this post car … more →

Tags: Gingerbread Gems

The Gazebo Garden & Easton Tea House

sanctaflora wrote 1 year ago: Perhaps one of the prettiest Painted Ladies in town can be found at the corner of Maple and High Str … more →

Tags: Gingerbread Gems

A Stroll down Rock Street

sanctaflora wrote 1 year ago: … more →

Tags: Gingerbread Gems

House Beautiful

sanctaflora wrote 1 year ago: The Sanford House on Lincoln Avenue The term “Painted Lady” has now become part of the A … more →

Tags: What are Painted Ladies?, Architectural Terms, Gingerbread Gems, Not Quite Painted Ladies, House Tales, The South End Beauties


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