Henry H Rogers Summer House Wing
- Address: 11 Doane St
- Vicinity: Doane St
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1894/00/00 | Charles H Brigham | Architect | Construction begins on a grand summer home for Henry H Rogers near Fort Phoenix in the southern part of Fairhaven (lost, site near the intersection of Phoenix St and Green St). | |||
1895/00/00 | Henry Huttleston Rogers | Home | A new 85-room summer mansion (lost) is completed for Henry H Rogers in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. | |||
1915/00/00 | Seedlings from the Henry H Rogers Summer estate are planted on the lawn at the Unitarian Church. Large copper beech trees are moved to Planting Fields in Oyster Bay, New York. | |||||
1915/00/00 | William Hawes, a New Bedford broker, buys the 37-room children's wing of the Henry H Rogers Summer house and moves it to 9 Doane St. | |||||
1915/00/00 | After Fairhaven, a town of 6,200 residents, refuses an offer to buy the Rogers family summer home for $1, Harry Rogers sells fragments of the mansion before it is razed. |
Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
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Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
Planting Fields Arboretum |
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Unitarian Memorial Church |
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Particulars for Henry H Rogers Summer House Wing: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Building Type | House |
Architectural Style | Italianate |
Criteria | Person |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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