HAS MORE.
THOSE WHO NAMED FAIRHAVEN MAY HAVE SOLD IT SHORT WITH ITS
WATER VIEWS ELEGANT ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORIC SITES.
IT MIGHT AS EASILY HAVE BEEN GRAND OR GREAT HAVEN MUCH OF THE
HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL LARGEST OF FAIRHAVEN IS DUE TO
THE GENEROSITY OF JUST ONE MAN WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE STANDARD
OIL COMPANY IN AMERICA.
WE THINK OF COURSE ABOUT THE ROCKEFELLERS BUT MUCH OF THE
SUCCESS OF THAT COMPANY WAS DUE TO A NATIVE SON OF FAIRHAVEN
HENRY HUDDLESTON ROGERS LEFT TOWN AT 21 TO FIND FORTUNE IN
THE OIL FIELDS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
HENRY WAS THE SECOND MAN IN CONTROL OF STANDARD OIL.
HE WAS CALLED THE BRAINS OF STANDARD OIL DID MORE OF THE
WORK PROBABLY BUT NOT AS RECOGNIZED NAME HE WAS WORTH.
IS DAY MORE THAN BILL GATES IS WORTH TODAY AND ROGERS GAVE BACK
TO HIS HOME COMMUNITY HIRING RENOWNED BOSTON ARCHITECT
CHARLES BRIGHAM TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT A NUMBER OF ORNATE
TOWN BUILDINGS.
CHRIS.
RICHARD IS FAIRHAVEN’S DIRECTOR OF TOURISM AND OFFERS FREE TOURS
OF TOWN BRIGHAM CHOSE DIFFERENT EUROPEAN STYLES FOR EACH OF THE
BUILDINGS.
HE DESIGNED THE TOWN HALL IS FRENCH GOTH A LIBRARY IS ITALIAN
THE UNITARIAN CHURCH IS AN ENGLISH PERPENDICULAR GOTHIC
CATHEDRAL.
HE REALLY MIXED THINGS UP AND GAVE US A VERY EUROPEAN LOOKING
SECTION OF TOWN HERE.
THE ELIZABETHAN INFLUENCED HIGH SCHOOL WAS DESCRIBED BY
ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST AS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HIGH SCHOOL IN
MASSACHUSETTS IN 2017.
MARK.
TWAIN WAS A FRIEND OF ROGERS AND VISITED OFTEN SPEAKING AT THE
TOWN HALL DEDICATION IN 1894, BUT TWAIN AND JURORS WERE NOT
THE ONLY RENOWNED PEOPLE TO SPEND TIME IN FAIRHAVEN.
I HAVE A LOT OF PHOTOS OF FRANKLIN IN THE HOUSE AND OUT IN
THE YARD FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT FDR WHOSE GREAT
GRANDFATHER.
BUILT THE DELANO HOUSE HERE.
THEY CALLED IT THEIR HOMESTEAD AND FAMILY WOULD KIND OF COME
AND CONVERGE HERE DURING THE SUMMERTIME TO BE CLOSE TO THE
OCEAN FRANKLIN BROKE THE NEWS OF HIS ENGAGEMENT TO ELEANOR HERE
AND VISITED DURING HIS YEARS AT HARVARD AND THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE
AND PRESIDENCY IT REMAINED IN THE DELANO FAMILY UNTIL THE
1940S.
THE PROVENANCE WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MADE ME THINK IT
WOULD BE A GOOD.
BED AND BREAKFAST PAUL BEAUCHAMP HAS BEEN RUNNING IT AS A
THREE-ROOM B&B FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS WELCOMING VISITORS UNAWARE
OF THE HISTORY AND THE SUMMIT’S VERY IMPORTANT AND THEY WANT TO
SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT ARTIFACTS AND SOME OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY
DELANO’S.
WE’VE HAD A NUMBER OF VISITS FROM THE DELANO KINDRED SOCIETY
AND VARIOUS GROUPS OF THE DELANO FAMILY BOAT SHOP WAS ATTRACTED
BY THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING AND THE NATURE OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE WINDSOR OF HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE MIXED WITH THE
LOCATION VERY FRIENDLY AND DOWN TO EARTH YOU CAN FEEL THAT VIBE
AT ELIZABETH’S WHERE FISHERMEN TOURISTS AND BUSINESSMEN.
MINGLE SEAMLESSLY AMID A SLIGHTLY KITCHY DECOR IN WHAT
CANNOT FULLY BE DESCRIBED AS A SEAFOOD RESTAURANT ONE-TIME
DISHWASHER AND NOW SOUS CHEF COLBY CABRAL.
WE ARE A SEAFOOD RESTAURANT, BUT WE’LL DO LAMB SHANKS HAS A
SPECIAL.
VARIETY OF STAKE SPECIALS ONE OF OUR BIG SELLERS IS DURING THE
ENTIRE WINTER FALL SEASON.
WE’LL SELL A PUMPKIN RAVIOLI FOR CABRAL AND OWNER DOUG BUKER.
ALSO RUN THE ADJACENT MARGARET’S BREAKFAST AND LUNCH SPOT.
IT’S NOT REALLY WORK.
I LIKE MAKING PEOPLE HAPPY AND I CAN MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY FOR
COOKING AND I HAVE A JOB WHERE I WAKE UP AND I GET TO DO WHAT I
LOVE EVERY SINGLE DAY FUELED UP YOU MIGHT HAVE ENERGY TO SHOP AT
THE EURO STORE DOWNTOWN A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR A LITTLE BIT
OF ALMOST ANYTHING CHOCK FULL OF GIFTS AND NECESSITIES BOTH
NAUTICAL AND NOT GAIL ISAACSON OWNS THE STORE.
AS WELL AS THE FAIRHAVEN SHIPYARD AND MUCH PROPERTY IN
TOWN A DIFFERENT STORY FOR A DIFFERENT TIME.
BUT WHAT MAKES FAIRHAVEN SPECIAL IT’S GOT EVERYTHING.
IT’S GOT THE OCEAN.
IT’S GOT APPROXIMITY TO PROVIDENCE BOSTON EVERYWHERE
GREAT FOR BOATING SWIMMING NOT MISSING MUCH INCLUDING
REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY AT FORT PHOENIX A PICTURESQUE SPOT.
OVERLOOKING BUZZARD’S BAY AND SIGHT OF THE FIRST NAVAL
ENGAGEMENT OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1875 A GROUP OF 25
SAILORS CAME OUT OF FAIRHAVEN AND THEY CAPTURED TWO BRITISH
HELD VESSELS OUT IN THE HARBOR.
AND SO WE WON THAT IT WAS JUST A MONTH AFTER THE BATTLES OF
LEXINGTON AND CONCORD A BIT OF EVERYTHING IN THE TIDY PACKAGE
OF FAIRHAVEN A GRAND PLACE, INDY.
INDEED IT IS AND WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT MACHIAS MAINE ALSO LAYS
CLAIM TO THE FIRST NAVAL ENGAGEMENT OF THE REVOLUTIONARY
WAR ALTHOUGH THEIR BATTLE TOOK PLACE ABOUT A MONTH AFTER THE
INCIDENT OFF FAIRHAVEN WILL LET THE HISTORIANS ARGUE THAT POINT
AS FOR HENRY ROGERS.
HE DEDICATED THE LIBRARY TO HIS DAUGHTER MILLICENT WHO DIED AT
JUST 17 AND THE UNITARIAN CHURCH WAS BUILT IN MEMORY OF ROGER’S
MOTHER THE FAIRHAVEN TOURISM OFFICE PROMOTES THE AS A SMALL
TOWN WITH A BIG HISTORY NEXT ER