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Gargoyles in Fall River

1 Comment Posted by administrator on February 19, 2008

It’s no wonder Lizzie Borden wanted to belong to the stylish Central Congregational Church at 100 Rock Street. Many of the fine mill owner families from The Hill were congregants there. Listed today on the National Register, the granite, Nova Scotia freestone and red brick edifice was designed by Hartwell and Swazey (also architects of [...]

Architectural Terms, Not Quite Painted Ladies, The Hill and Historic Highlands Central Congregational Church, Hartwell and Swazey, Ruskinian Gothic

House Beautiful

Leave a Comment Posted by administrator on January 10, 2008

The Sanford House on Lincoln Avenue The term “Painted Lady” has now become part of the American vernacular and describes a Victorian house of three or more colors. The painting scheme is also called “polychrome”. The term was first used for San Francisco Victorian houses by writers Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen in their 1978 book Painted [...]

Architectural Terms, Gingerbread Gems, House Tales, Not Quite Painted Ladies, The Hill and Historic Highlands, The South End Beauties, Uncategorized, What are Painted Ladies?

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