New Bedford mansions : historic tales of County Street / Peggi Medeiros.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Medeiros, Peggi, author.

Series:

Landmarks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mansions--Massachusetts--New Bedford--History.

Mansions.

Architecture, Domestic--Massachusetts--New Bedford--History.

Architecture, Domestic.

Historic buildings--Massachusetts--New Bedford.

Historic buildings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : The History Press, 2015.

Summary:

The early nineteenth century in New Bedford was a time of unimaginable wealth, intellectual ferment and artistic treasures. Prosperous whaling magnates like members of the Rotch, Morgan and Howland families commissioned the nation's finest architects to design and construct their majestic mansions. The city's architectural and cultural expansion brought great writers and artists like Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson into the homes of County Street's elite. Yet behind the elegant façade of grand parties and notable house guests were the secrets and scandals of New Bedford's upper crust. Join author Peggi Medeiros as she chronicles the history of each mansion and the stories once hidden behind closed doors.

Contents:

The houses of Rotch: seeking to own the world

The houses of Rodman: diaries, weather and loss

The house of Arnold: a gentleman out of Providence

The house of Russell: winning and losing great fortune

The house of Morgan: owning the last whaling ship in the world

The house of Grinnell: the congressman and the tastemaker

The outsider: John Avery Parker tops them all

Young Mr. Rotch shocks the neighborhood

A pack of abolitionists, artists and Transcendentalists

The Howlands: the good and the awful

What remains.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781625853127

1625853122

OCLC:

947153139