Fall River Painted Ladies
Celebrating the Architecture of Fall River
What is a Painted Lady?
Though many Victorian styles may qualify as Painted Ladies, the architectural style most identified with the Painted Lady is the Queen Anne. The Queen Anne is usually a smaller home, with 3 stories, which may have a tower or turret.
Maplecroft
Lizzie Borden's Maplecroft is probably the most famous Queen Anne in the city.
Sanford House, the Queen of Lincoln Ave.
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The Shove house you see above is the 2008 High Street home. The 1850 edition sat on North Main Street. This home originally sat on North Main Street on the corner of Franklin Street. It was moved to the High Street location when they built the Hotel Mellen back in the early 1870s. But then you probably already knew that…..mb
No! I did not know that. Thanks for the update and I hope you and other Fall River natives will not hesitate to fill us “foreigners” in on any background of these historic buildings.