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September 12, 2023November 1, 2024 psfallriver News

Preservation Society receives Mass Cultural Council Recovery Grant

The grant will be used on capital projects in the future Underground Railroad Museum.

May 31, 2023May 7, 2024 psfallriver News, Uncategorized

Fall River’s First Preservation Design Guidelines Completed For All

Funded by a Community Preservation Act grant, the Design Guidelines for the preservation of historic properties are available for all Fall River residents.

May 20, 2023October 5, 2023 psfallriver Events, News

Free “Milling About Oak Grove” Cemetery Walking Tour On May 21

The Preservation Society presents a historic cemetery walking tour on some of Fall River’s notable residents related to the city’s historic mills!

May 19, 2023April 5, 2026 psfallriver News

Special Lecture “The Mill In Time” With Architectural Historian John Tschirch

For National Preservation Month, the Preservation Society presented “The Mill In Time: A Lecture on Technology, Industry and Architecture in Fall River Mill Design" a special lecture by architectural historian John Tschirch, co-sponsored by CIVITECTS Architecture & State Rep. Carole Fiola

May 16, 2023November 1, 2024 psfallriver Events, News

“The Mill In Time” With Architectural Historian John Tschirch

The Preservation Society of Fall River presents “The Mill In Time: A Lecture on Technology, Industry and Architecture in Fall River Mill Design" by Architectural Historian John Tschirch.

April 26, 2023 psfallriver News

Dr. Isaac Fiske House Added To National Underground Railroad Network To Freedom

The Dr. Isaac Fiske House is the first Fall River Underground Railroad Site added to the Network to Freedom.

April 12, 2023April 26, 2023 psfallriver Events, News

Preservation Society and Roger Williams University Explore Fiske House History

Students researchers gave a public presentation on what they found on the Fiske House and its connection to the Underground Railroad.

March 31, 2023November 1, 2024 psfallriver News

Elizabeth Buffum Chace Portrait Donated To Preservation Society

A portrait of the famed abolitionist by local artist Sheila Leshinsky Oliveira was donated for the future Underground Railroad Museum.

March 22, 2023April 26, 2023 psfallriver Events, News

Exploring the Dr. Isaac Fiske House: A Fall River Underground Railroad Site

The Preservation Society and Roger Williams University present recent research on the history of the Fiske House at the Fall River Library on March 30 at 6 p.m.

March 16, 2023October 5, 2023 psfallriver News, Position Statements

PS: Townhouses Out-Of-Place In Historic Mill District

The Preservation Society of Fall River opposes variance and special permit requests to build townhouses in a historic mill district on Alden Street.

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– James Soule, Preservation Society of Fall River Founder

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