Lizzie Borden Society Forum

This is a drawing of the house where Bridget briefly stayed after the murders. It was the house where her cousin Patrick Harrington lived, and appeared in the Evening Standard newspaper of August 10, 1892.

There are a few curious things about the house. Note the two small windows (open shutters) which appear to be even with the attic floor. Ventilation? There is also what appears to be a store front with a striped pole at an angle. Any ideas on these?

Striped pole at an angle sure sounds like a barber shop to me. The small windows on the 3rd floor are actualy quite common in alot of houses in fall River. I lived in a 3rd floor apartment many many years ago that was actualy like a 2 1/2 story and the little windows were in the parlor and the kitchen. They used those little windows for the slanted ceiling side of a 2 1/2 story building.

I thought of a barber pole also. I would say the upper floor was an attic apartment also. We had them around here, sometimes they were cheaper. Also around here (a long time ago) you could rent a cold water flat which I always thought would be on the top floor like in this building. Is there any way to find out what kind of shop or business was in this building?

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Yes, MB, that's what I come up with too. It looks like when they renumbered in 1895 they started from the opposite direction. This made all the old odd numbered houses have even numbers and vice-versa.

I found some people named Bisson who lived on Division in both 1892 and 1896. #65 became #306 and #77 became 244. Using that as a guide #95 would be an even number in the #150 to #160 range. As you say there are no numbered houses today in that range.

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