Miss Ellen M. Shove was one of Lizzie Borden’s lady companions for her Grand Tour of 1890. Miss, Shove, from a prosperous Hill family, never married and never applied again for a passport after 1890. This is the 1850 High Street home, where no doubt Lizzie was a guest at one time. The Shove cemetery lot is adjacent to the Borden plot at Oak Grove Cemetery. This home boasts an especially fine front entry with dentil moldings, wonderfully-crafted corbels and simple Greek columns. There are five colorways on this Painted Lady.
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
By: michael B. on January 15, 2008
at 4:02 pm
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.
By: administrator on January 15, 2008
at 5:29 pm