Old Stone Schoolhouse (1828) 40 North St., Fairhaven Open dates for 2024 are the following Saturdays: April 20, May 11, May 25, June 15 July 6, July 27, August 17, September 14, September 28, October 19, November 9 The Hours are 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Built in the Oxford Village neighborhood of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, in 1828, the Old Stone Schoolhouse was the town's first school built under the district school system. In the … [Read more...]
Capt. Joshua Slocum Monument
Capt. Joshua Slocum Monument (dedicated 1959) Cooke Memorial Park 2 Pilgrim Avenue, Fairhaven This boulder marks the place near which Captain Joshua Slocum painstakingly rebuilt an antiquated oyster boat, Spray. The small vessel (36 feet, 9 inches) had been given to Slocum by Poverty Point resident Capt. Eben Pierce. Slocum began his rebuilding of the Spray in 1891 and launched his fully overhauled vessel on June 21, … [Read more...]
George H. Taber Lodge
George H. Taber Lodge (1901) 20 Center Street, Fairhaven Henry H. Rogers’ effort to boost business in the center of town resulted in the construction of the Masonic Building, the third floor of which contains the ornate meeting place of the George H. Taber Lodge, A.F. & A.M., named for Fairhaven and Massachusetts’ oldest living freemason, who was related by marriage to Rogers. Originally named Concordia Lodge, the group was given the … [Read more...]
Capt. Warren Delano House
Capt. Warren Delano House (ca. 1832) 39 Walnut Street, Fairhaven (Delano Homestead Bed and Breakfast) Visits by appointment/reservation only. Built about 1832 by sea captain and merchant Warren Delano I on land purchased from the Rotch family, the Delano Homestead, 39 Walnut Street, Fairhaven, remained in the family for about 110 years. Additional wings were added onto the house subsequently, but were later removed. It was later the … [Read more...]
Rogers School
Rogers School (1885) 100 Pleasant Street This former elementary school building was the first gift of Henry H. Rogers to the Town of Fairhaven. Built at a time when greater interest in education was sweeping the country, the school, designed by architect Warren Briggs, incorporated the best features in schoolhouse design, including a spacious auditorium on the third floor. Originally the building had living quarters for the custodian, … [Read more...]
Tabitha Inn (Our Lady’s Haven)
Tabitha Inn (Our Lady's Haven) (1906) 71 Center Street, Fairhaven MA 508-999-4561 This is a nursing home and is not open for tours. Built to accommodate an increase in visitors to Fairhaven, this well-appointed Elizabethan style hotel was named after Henry H. Rogers’ maternal great-grandmother, Tabitha (Crowell) Huttlestone. At the time it opened in 1906, the 35-room hotel was considered one of the finest small accommodations outside of … [Read more...]
Washington Street Meetinghouse
Washington Street Meetinghouse (1832) (now Northeast Maritime Institute) 32 Washington Street, Fairhaven In 1832 Warren Delano I, Jabez Delano Jr. and Joseph Bates Jr. raised funds to build the Washington Street Christian Meeting-House on the northwest corner of Washington and Walnut streets. Prior to the building of the church, a group of Christian worshippers had been meeting at private homes and the Fairhaven Academy. In 1841, at the … [Read more...]
