The HOUSE is sold!
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The HOUSE is sold!
Today's newspaper relates that fact that Donald Woods of Portsmouth, RI has purchased 92 Second sT.
Here is the link to the article:
http://www.heraldnews.com/site/news.cfm ... 9784&rfi=6
I hear he has big plans for the house? What do you think they should include?
Here is the link to the article:
http://www.heraldnews.com/site/news.cfm ... 9784&rfi=6
I hear he has big plans for the house? What do you think they should include?
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Plus this one:
http://www.heraldnews.com/site/news.cfm ... 9784&rfi=6
Here he says he is demolishing Leary Press in January!! Good news there!
http://www.heraldnews.com/site/news.cfm ... 9784&rfi=6
Here he says he is demolishing Leary Press in January!! Good news there!
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Thanks, Stefani, sounds like great news! What is the museum part of the Borden house that they will be getting rid of? The woman who will be running the B&B refered to the sitting room as the living room, yikes, that gave me butterflies in my stomach. I guess until the dust settles at #92, I'll just sit quietly wringing my hands like Alice Russell did; its exciting news, but, it makes me nervous at the same time.
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Re: The HOUSE is sold!
I would like to see (and of course participate) in reenactments of the crime day-- in so far as we can establish by testimony.Stefani @ Tue Jun 08, 2004 9:33 am wrote:I hear he has big plans for the house? What do you think they should include?
Has anyone ever been through the house with a metal detector?
Like the house in Villisca-- I think it would almost be cool to return the house to it's state at the time of the crimes, ie-- no electricity or water, etc but this would prohibit guests from wishing to stay and would probably make the house ineligible to be a B&B.
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I am intrigued by the comment that this is more than just a sensational crime. I wonder how he plans to market the place. He sounds like someone after my own heart in that my whole thought about the website (choice of colors and style and whatnot) was to insure it wasn't treated as some horror site with dripping blood but taken seriously by serious people who want to discuss the case and times.
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Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.
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Or the assumption of guilt....Stefani @ Tue Jun 08, 2004 3:20 pm wrote:I am intrigued by the comment that this is more than just a sensational crime. I wonder how he plans to market the place. He sounds like someone after my own heart in that my whole thought about the website (choice of colors and style and whatnot) was to insure it wasn't treated as some horror site with dripping blood but taken seriously by serious people who want to discuss the case and times.
I was stunned to recently stumble across what appeared to be a college course web site which had a section "14 clues to suggest Lizzie's guilt" (or something like that!)
(Edit) Found it...
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/project ... n/Lizz.htm
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I just read the article from the Herald News about the pending sale of 92 Second St. It sounds like the buyer is really interested in keeping the house available to the public (B & B guests, tours, and presumably researchers). Razing the Leary Press building and putting in parking and possibly a garden will surely help "restore" the looks of the house to what it once was. I suspect, though, that the existence and use of the Press building is what saved the house from demolition years ago.
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It has been proposed to build a new Court House across the street where the bus staion is.
I can't think of all the noise and dust and traffic snarls there for months, maybe a year?
But it will probably eventually raise the value of the house, I think.
Can you picture the court officials popping over to #92 for lunch, of a day?
I can't think of all the noise and dust and traffic snarls there for months, maybe a year?
But it will probably eventually raise the value of the house, I think.
Can you picture the court officials popping over to #92 for lunch, of a day?
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Good news!
It certainly is good news that the house will remain as a B&B and available to us Borden fanatics. The tearing down of the Leary Press building will be the icing on the cake. Now to get him to rebuild the barn the way it was.
I also like the statement he will not be in competition with the FR Historical Society. It is to the advantage of both to support each other.
Now about Maplecroft ......
I also like the statement he will not be in competition with the FR Historical Society. It is to the advantage of both to support each other.
Now about Maplecroft ......
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Globe reporter wants to chat
Hello readers:
I'm a Boston Globe reporter working on a story about the Borden house, its new owner, and its history. I would love to chat with people interested in her history. Anyone interested in sharing their thoughts about Lizzie with me could try me on my cell phone 617. 818. 1376. or via email mlevenson@wesleyan.edu. Today, Wednesday, would be best.
Thank you and I look forward to chatting,
Michael Levenson
I'm a Boston Globe reporter working on a story about the Borden house, its new owner, and its history. I would love to chat with people interested in her history. Anyone interested in sharing their thoughts about Lizzie with me could try me on my cell phone 617. 818. 1376. or via email mlevenson@wesleyan.edu. Today, Wednesday, would be best.
Thank you and I look forward to chatting,
Michael Levenson
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We'd all be happy to talk about it here if you want. It is a great place for discussions. What do you want to know?
Read Mondo Lizzie!
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Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.
https://lizzieandrewborden.com/MondoLizzie/
Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.
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Glad news!
I've been away from the board for awhile, busy with the Tony Award season and gatherings of the theater boards to which I belong. In catching up, I just found this thread, and I got a big lump (of relief!) in my throat when I read of the plans to keep this a B&B.
And the destruction of the press building - could we have hoped for anything better? Time to open up the sitting room to some sunlight, again!
Hallelujah!
And the destruction of the press building - could we have hoped for anything better? Time to open up the sitting room to some sunlight, again!
Hallelujah!