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Monthly Archives: July 2008

The Fall River Public Library & The Titanic

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One, among many reasons to visit and admire the art and architecture of the library atrium is a work by Fall River artist Mary Lizzie Macomber entitled, Marconi. Miss Macomber (1861-1916) was a much-celebrated artist of the American Pre-Raphaelite school whose paintings of beautiful women won international acclaim, and whose works were exhibited at the [...]

Architectural Elements, Art & Architecture, Not Quite Painted Ladies, Public Buildings Mary Macomber

In the South End

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Not all the great old Painted Ladies are on The Hill and in the Highlands. There are some architectural beauties to be found in the south end of town, in the Globe section and in Corky’s Row. Architectural diversity is one of the great charms of Fall River, whether in commercial and civic buildings [...]

Architectural Elements, Gingerbread Gems, The South End Beauties Fall River South End, King Phillip Mill, Mill Architecture, The Globe

The Simeon Borden/ Sarah Brayton House

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This elaborate High Victorian Ruskinian Gothic residence was built in 1875 for Simeon Borden. He was a prominent civil engineer and land surveyor who was deeply involved in Fall River’s expanding street system following the Civil War. The residence was built of brick instead of wood, which at that time made this an unusual [...]

Architectural Elements, Founding Families, Gingerbread Gems, Highland Avenue, House Tales, The Hill and Historic Highlands Hartwell and Swazey, Sarah Brayton, Simeon Borden