Casconchiagon

Indian village at falls nearby. Occupied until 1819.

Marker can be reached from Maplewood Park near Driving Park Avenue.

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Site of Argyle Dance Hall

This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places

Built as a Residence 1898,

site was Argyle Dance Hall 1881

and lost in Main St. Fire of 1896.

Marker is on South Main Street.

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Susan B. Anthony House

Headquarters of the Suffrage Movement

A Suffragist and much more

Susan B. Anthony lived in this house for the forty most active years of her life. This house was the site of her famous arrest for voting in 1872 and ...

Andrew Jackson Poppleton

(1830 - 1896)

Andrew was born on July 25, 1830, in Oakland County, Michigan, one of seven children, and was reared on a farm. His father, William, had served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Andrew attended the University ...

Lowrey's Brigade

Cleburne's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.

Lowrey's Brigade

Cleburne's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.

Brig. Gen. Mark P. Lowrey.

Nov. 24 and 25, 1863.

16th Alabama - Maj. Frederick A. Ashford.

33rd Alabama - Col. Samuel Adams.

45th Alabama - Lieut. Col. M.O. Lampley.

32nd and 45th Mississippi - Lieut. ...

The Seamen's Bethel

Saving Mariners' Souls

After months at sea, many whaling men were unable to resist the temptations of this port city. In 1832, the New Bedford Port Society for the Moral Improvement of Seamen opened this mariners' chapel "to protect the ...

Kelsey's Landing

Freedom was assured for escaping slaves who boarded Canadian vessels here at the end of the Underground Railroad.

Marker can be reached from Maplewood Park near Driving Park Avenue.

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The Mariner's Home

Home Away from the Sea

Whaling men spent much of their lives at sea. The ship was their home. Back in port, most of the poor, unskilled sailors knew no one in New Bedford and were essentially homeless until the next ...

The Andrew Robeson House

Change of Address

Andrew Robeson, whaling merchant and steadfast abolitionist, built this Federal-style house in 1821 on a lot on North Second Street, diagonally behind you. The estate, with its conservatory, gardens, surrounding elm trees, and white picket fence, occupied two ...

The Benjamin Rodman House

Wealth with a Conscience

Early whaling merchants lived in elegant houses along this street. But by the time Benjamin Rodman built this Federal style home in 1821, many of his wealthy friends were moving uphill away from this shoreside neighborhood.

Though born ...