New Bedford Historic District

Worth seeing in and around New Bedford Historic District

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

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   Effie M. Morrissey is a historic schooner on permanent display in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Originally a "high liner" fishing the Grand Banks of Newfoundland out of Gloucester, Massachusetts, she made many scientific expeditions to the Arctic, sponsored by American museums, the Explorers Club and the National Geographic Society; she also helped survey the Arctic for the United States Government during World War II. She then went on to a final career as a packet ship, before undergoing a complete restoration in 1982.

   300 m · museum ship in Massachusetts, built in 1894 · Wikipedia
2. 02
   New Bedford Whaling Museum

   The New Bedford Whaling Museum is a museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States that focuses on the history, science, art, and culture of the international whaling industry, and the colonial region of Old Dartmouth in the South Coast of Massachusetts. The museum is governed by the Old Dartmouth Historical Society, which was established in 1903 "to create and foster an interest in the history of Old Dartmouth." Since then, the museum has expanded its scope to include programming that addresses global issues "including the consequences of natural resource exhaustion, the diversification of industry, and tolerance in a multicultural society." Its collections include over 750,000 items, including 3,000 pieces of scrimshaw and 2,500 logbooks from whaling ships, both of which are the largest collections in the world, as well as five complete whale skeletons.

   100 m · maritime museum in New Bedford · Wikipedia
3. 03
   New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park

   New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Partially owned by several entities and maintained by the National Park Service, the park commemorates the heritage of the world's preeminent whaling port during the nineteenth century.

   100 m · national Historical Park of the United States · Wikipedia
4. 04
   St. Anthony of Padua Church

   St. Anthony of Padua is a Roman Catholic church in New Bedford, Massachusetts, part of the Diocese of Fall River.

   3 km · church · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish

   Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish was a Roman Catholic parish designated for Polish immigrants in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1905, Our Lady of Perptual Help was one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Diocese of Fall River.

   2.4 km · church in Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia
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   death of Conrad Roy

   Conrad Henri Roy III was an American marine salvage captain who died by suicide at age 18. His girlfriend, 17-year-old Michelle Carter, had encouraged him in text messages to commit suicide after he continuously expressed to her his deeply held desire to die.

   3 km · Landmark involuntary manslaughter case · Wikipedia
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   Fairhaven Town Hall

   Fairhaven Town Hall is the town hall of Fairhaven, Massachusetts. It is located at 40 Center Street, between Walnut and William Streets, across Center Street from the Millicent Library.

   1.7 km · Town Hall in Fairhaven, Mass built in 1892 · Wikipedia
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   Palmer Island Light

   Palmer Island Light Station is a historic lighthouse in New Bedford Harbor in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. The lighthouse was built in 1849 out of stone rubble. It was discontinued when the harbor's hurricane barrier was built in the early 1960s, as its location immediately north of the barrier was no longer an outlying danger and there are lights on either side of the barrier opening.

   1.6 km · lighthouse in Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum

   The Rotch–Jones–Duff House and Garden Museum, formerly the William Rotch Jr. House, is a National Historic Landmark at 396 County Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in the United States.

   700 m · house · Wikipedia
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    United States Customhouse

    The United States Customhouse is a historic and active custom house at 2nd and William Streets in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Architect Robert Mills designed the custom house in 1834 in a Greek Revival style.

    0 m · National Historic Landmark in New Bedford, Massachusetts · Wikipedia

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Getting to New Bedford Historic District

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Rhode Island T. F. Green (PVD), 43 km · Boston Logan (BOS), 81 km · Bradley (BDL), 150 km

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Fort Phoenix, 2.2 km · New Bedford station, 900 m

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