Tour Overview
This tour will showcase the diversity of the mid-nineteenth century architectural styles of the homes and the people who occupied these historic residences.
New Bedford Pathways:
Tour #1 New Bedford, More Than Colonials
Union Street was extended westward from County to Cottage Street in 1850. Madison Street (then named Bush Street) also then reached one city block beyond County Street. The City of New Bedford was slowly spreading west. The homes which grew up along these quiet residential ways are characteristic of the diverse architectural style of New Bedford and the nation in the years which followed. The styles vary from Federal to Gothic Revival Style and everything in between. Most of the homes on this walking tour are the result of enormous growth in manufacturing, transportation and commerce in New Bedford from 1850 to 1900.
Later development is traceable to the 1890s, when some of the city’s largest estates began to be subdivided, the resulting homes purchased by a grow-ing class of mill managers, shop keepers, and their families.
Tour Curated by Mark Fulller
New Bedford Preservation Society President
Tour Produced by: Patricia Daughton
Photo credits:
Steve Gladstone
Spinner Publications
New Bedford Whaling Musuem
New Bedford Free Public Library
Patricia Daughton
Kayla Rausch
This program is funded in part by Mass Humanities, which receives support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and is an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Stops
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Stop 1: 427 County Street, James Arnold Mansion, 1821 Federal Style
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Stop 2: 95 Madison Street, Peleg C. Howland, 1876 EastLake Stick style
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Stop 3: 100 Madison Street, Abby Taber Hunt, 1855 Italianate Style
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Stop 4: 7 Irving Street, Richmond Cottage, 1856 Gothic Revival Style
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Stop 5: 19 Irving Street, William J. Rotch, 1846 Gothic Cottage
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Stop 6: 112 Cottage Street , Rotch Gothic Cottage Addition 1857
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Stop 7: 118 Arnold Street, Simeon Rice House, 1820 Cape Cottage Style
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Stop 8: 130 Arnold Street, Henry Bliss House 1835, Cape Cottage Style
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Stop 9: 172 Arnold Street, Harriet B. Beard; James E Reed, 1866 Octagon Style
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Stop 10: 347 Union Street, Captain Fordyce Dennis Haskell House, 1848 Octagon Style
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Stop 11: 350 Union Street, Joseph Grinnell, 1852
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Stop 12: 342 Union Street, Deacon Edward Cannon, 1858
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Stop 13: 334 Union Street, Tilson B. Denham, 1858
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Stop 14: 330 Union Street and 324 Union Street
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