Fairhaven Historical Commission

Fairhaven Historical Commission Overseeing care of our historic properties, monuments and artifacts within the Town of Fairhaven, MA Celebrating 200 years of history.

"A proud past and a bright future"

Thanks to Commission members Rick Martin & Brian Messier for painting the Old Stone School House gutters today!
08/15/2026

Thanks to Commission members Rick Martin & Brian Messier for painting the Old Stone School House gutters today!

48 William Street, JESSIE PAINE HOUSE (c. 1835) This late Federal house differs from local early Federal examples in chi...
07/24/2026

48 William Street, JESSIE PAINE HOUSE (c. 1835) This late Federal house differs from local early Federal examples in chimney placement and in the second floor windows which have full splayed lintels over them instead of rising nearly to the cornice height. Walling Map 1850, Beers Atlas 1868 - Alden. (1978 Valdamar DeOliveria)

Plaques at Fairhaven Town Hall
07/22/2026

Plaques at Fairhaven Town Hall

55 William St, (c 1835) LEMUEL TRIPP HOUSE (1850) / JAMES TRIPP II (c 1868) Late Federal.Lemuel Tripp was a half owner o...
07/05/2026

55 William St, (c 1835) LEMUEL TRIPP HOUSE (1850) / JAMES TRIPP II (c 1868) Late Federal.
Lemuel Tripp was a half owner of the ferryboat FAIRHAVEN. Tripp owned many vessels from the early l800's to the 1860's. Two of which were the PACKET in 1812, and the MARYANN in 1837. Federal house type characteristic of the 1830’s settlement of the Rotch Farm area. “Old Time Fairhaven" Harris Vol 2 pg 46-47. (1978 Malcom Cummings)

William Bradford Memorial at Main Street and Church Street.
07/02/2026

William Bradford Memorial at Main Street and Church Street.

20 Center St (1901) George H. Taber Masonic Lodge, A.F.&A.M., Fairhaven, MA.This really Georgian Revival commercial / o...
06/30/2026

20 Center St (1901) George H. Taber Masonic Lodge, A.F.&A.M., Fairhaven, MA.
This really Georgian Revival commercial / office structure is the urban-type building in Fairhaven. It was presented only to the George H. Taber Lodge of Masons in 1901 by Henry H. Rogers.

This plaque is in the front entrance of the Fairhaven Academy Building (1798)
06/28/2026

This plaque is in the front entrance of the Fairhaven Academy Building (1798)

Under the Dogwood Tree. In Memory of Walter Silveira Sr.
06/26/2026

Under the Dogwood Tree. In Memory of Walter Silveira Sr.

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Fairhaven, MA
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