Hidden Gems Uncovered: Walking Tour of Underappreciated Historic Houses in New Bedford

Join Bruce Barnes for his New Bedford Preservation Society tour of these often under-looked Historic Houses of New Bedford. Visit important and interesting houses from whaling and textile impresarios, as well as several smaller architecturally important homes from the Victorian era.

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00:00 – Introduction
00:29 – Samuel Rodman Jr. House
06:57 – Nathan and Polly Johnson House (was home to Frederick Douglass after his escape from slavery)
11:43 – Modern Gothic Stick House Example – 1870s
13:48 – William H. Allen House – 1830
17:21 – French Second Empire House – 1870s
19:12 – Kerr Family House, American Foursquare House w/Arts and Crafts Details 1911
26:06 – Samuel W. Rodman Gothic Revival – 1840

Thanks to the New Bedford Whaling Museum, Spinner Publications, the New Bedford Free Public Library, Digital Commonwealth, and Google Maps for selected images.

Please join the New Bedford Preservation Society, at http://www.nbpreservationsociety.org/membership.html

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