A few more cool doors I have seen on various walks
Back when I worked in NYC, I, for a while- well, a long while was fascinated by some cool doors I saw on walks, and was always looking out for them. I have started that habit again here, and that leads to today's post.
I forget exactly where I saw this one; I believe I was parked near Clasky Common Park here in New Bedford, and this cool historic Victorian or Queen Anne-style home entrance featuring green-painted wood shingles, yellow door casing and trim, a reddish-brown front door, and a semi-circular sunburst transom window above the door caught my eye.
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This next one, which, as you can probably guess from the crosses on the door, is at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, also here in New Bedford, MA. The security camera above the door kind of takes away from the charm; I could have edited it out, but decided to leave it there, perhaps because I feel it's a sign of the times and a shame that churches need to lock their doors and have security cameras these days
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This is one of the doors on the Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish at St. James Church.
The cornerstone of the structure was set in 1891. It was originally established as St. James Catholic Church to serve the growing English-speaking (largely Irish immigrant) Catholic population expanding into the southern neighborhoods of the city.
As the regional community evolved over the decades, the parish adapted to serve diverse multi-national populations. It was eventually renamed Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish at St. James Church, establishing itself as a vital cultural and spiritual hub for Hispanic and Latino Catholics
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William Wood House located in the Oxford (Poverty Point) neighborhood of Fairhaven, Massachusetts and it has an interesting history
Around 1740, William Wood—a glazier originally from Little Compton, Rhode Island—purchased a large tract of land spanning the entire Oxford area from Philip Taber. About two years later, around 1742, Wood built this center-chimney home with traditional Georgian detailing. In 1760, Wood sold a portion of his farm to Elnathan Eldredge. This sale effectively triggered the initial residential settlement and layout of what became known as "Oxford Village" (and was later colloquially nicknamed "Poverty Point" around 1810)
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