Maplecroft, August 2015

Lizzie Borden’s Maplecroft, Painted as She First Saw It

Maplecroft, the home where Lizzie and Emma Borden moved to in 1893, following Lizzie’s acquittal for the murder of her father and stepmother in Fall River, MA, is looking quite sharp these days.

The painting scheme was carefully devised based on scientific analysis of the earliest paint on the building. What we see blossoming before our very eyes is the house as Lizzie saw it when she first visited the property.

Here are some updated images, taken just now, of the front of the house and its glorious transformation.

As always, click on an image to see it much larger.

 

 

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