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Parsonage of Roger's Memorial Church, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, circa 1905

Subjects
ChurchesResidences
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1902 (Early)
Front of Parsonage of Roger's Memorial Church, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, circa 1905, c. 1902 lithograph postcard
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Back of Parsonage of Roger's Memorial Church, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, circa 1905, c. 1902 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A large Queen Anne-style frame house with half-timbered gables, a massive central chimney, and a broad lawn crossed by curving walks — the parsonage of Roger's Memorial Church in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. The church it served was built as a memorial to Henry Huttleston Rogers, the Standard Oil executive and Fairhaven native whose philanthropy also gave the town its library, high school, and town hall in the 1880s–1890s. The house's Tudor-influenced detailing reflects the same period's taste for colonial-revival and Old English motifs.

Postcard Details

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PublisherH.C. Leighton Co.
Parsonage of Roger's Memorial Church, Fairhaven, Mass. --- Post Card H.C. Leighton Co., Portland, Me. Manufacturers of Postal Cards. Made in Germany. No. 1044. This side is for the address.
PostmarkedNew Bedford, MA, August 7, 1906, 11:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Charlotte S. Hassett

Amesbury, Mass

Postcard record

Postmarked, New Bedford, MA
PublisherH.C. Leighton Co.
ConditionGood
Place depictedFairhaven, MA
PublisherH.C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902
NotesHandwritten message in pen runs vertically along the right edge of the picture side; textured, canvas-like stock; caption printed in yellow at lower left; a few ink smudges at upper left. Postmark: NEW BEDFORD MASS AUG 7 11 AM 1906 (with AMESBURY AUG 7 6-30P 1906 receiving mark). Undivided back, "This side is for the address."; H.C. Leighton Co. imprint, Made in Germany, No. 1044; 1c Franklin stamp; light soiling and corner wear.

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Parsonage of Roger's Memorial Church, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, circa 1905, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/parsonage-of-rogers-memorial-church-fairhaven-massachusetts. Accessed October 24, 2026.