Stepping through the front door with its stained glass window starts a journey backward to the skilled craftspeople who built the home.
The kitchen is a colorful break from the darker-toned dining room. Jimmy Cregg
$750,000
Style Colonial
Year built 1900
Square feet 3,116
Bedrooms 5
Baths 2 full, 1 half
Sewer/Water Public
Taxes $5,738 (2025)
This 125-year-old home in north Fall River is an attention-grabbing synthesis of Colonial, American Foursquare, and Craftsman styles — and the current homeowners’ own eclectic vision.
The exterior highlights the architectural mix with the box-like shape and hipped roof of the home calling out Foursquare style, while the front porch has square, tapered columns with a rough-cut stone base suggestive of Craftsman homes. Colonial influence appears on the box trim and layer moldings as well as the tongue-and-groove wood ceiling, reflecting Craftsman and Colonial.
A sprawling lawn surrounds the home. – Jimmy Cregg
Stepping through the front door with its stained glass window into the foyer starts a journey backward the skilled craftspeople who built the home. Dominating visually is a large staircase cloaked with oak paneling, a railing with twisting balusters anchored by the substantial newel post. Stained glass windows — the first of many — on the landing highlight the carpentry and the oak. Underneath the stairwell and down two steps is a half-bath with exposed brick walls.
In the foyer, beneath the coffered ceiling with beams stained to match the stairway, is a mirrored fireplace with a carved mantel and cast-iron firebox. The flooring is white marble with black diamond inlays, and it extends into an alcove with fluted columns next to a large window and underneath a chandelier, original to the home.
The foyer brings guests into the eclectic home. – Jimmy Cregg
The 125-year-old home in north Fall River melds Colonial, American Foursquare, and Craftsman styles. – Jimmy Cregg
To the right and guarded by fluted classical columns is the 180-square-foot living room with oak flooring, broad crown molding above a patterned border, and a graceful light fixture with multipetal stained-glass shades, also original to the home.
This home has the epitome of a formal dining room. In its 255 square feet, there is an original built-in China cabinet with leaded glass doors and a carved hutch/sideboard, both built of dark-stained hardwood. The walls are wainscoted, and the windows are trimmed with the same type of hardwood. Showing the current owner’s style, wallpaper adorns the remainder of the walls, and layers of curtains cover the windows, which include a stained-glass transom. The flooring is hardwood, and there are decorative ceiling beams and a plaster medallion around the light fixture.
The dining room has an original built-in China cabinet with leaded glass doors, and a carved hutch/sideboard. – Jimmy Cregg
The dining room connects to a 57-square-foot pantry with floor-to-ceiling cabinets made of quarter-sawn oak. A full-size washer and dryer have been incorporated into the space, fitting neatly underneath a floating pot rack.
The flooring in the pantry is tile imported from Portugal that serves as a connector to the kitchen. The 190-square-foot kitchen is a colorful break from the darker-toned dining room and pantry. It’s predominantly yellow — including the cabinets and ceiling beams — intermingled with two wallpaper patterns. The countertops are Corian and are chalk blue, and the sink is underneath both a transom and a muntinless window. Appliances, including a chef-grade gas double oven, are stainless steel.
Also on this floor is the 150-square-foot family room, richly decorated with wallpaper.
The second floor is composed of three secondary bedrooms and a full bath. The largest of the bedrooms, at 418 square feet, has its own non-working fireplace and an attached sitting room. The 85-square-foot full bath has a single vanity, a walk-in shower/bath, a toilet, and a bidet. There is tile flooring.
The 125-year-old home in north Fall River melds Colonial, American Foursquare, and Craftsman styles. – Jimmy Cregg
The entire third floor is set aside as the primary suite — what one might call an architecturally complex fortress of solitude. The primary bedroom is a marvel at 465 square feet. It’s shaped by the dormer, has angled ceilings, and wooden millwork original to the home framing the windows and creating a chair rail along the walls. The three-window dormer pushes out the front wall, allowing for the creation of a window seat. There are three different wallpapers deployed, including one installed like a crown molding.
The walk-in closet is 13 feet deep; there are two other closets on each side of the bedroom. The room is carpeted and has a ceiling fan.
The flooring in the foyer is white marble with black diamond inlays. – Jimmy Cregg
The 128-square-foot primary bath features a shower behind a frosted glass door with metal framing. There is a double vanity, and the flooring is white hexagonal ceramic tiles with black dot inlays, a cousin to the foyer. There is a water closet with a toilet and a bidet.
Also on this level is an 152-square-foot bonus room, which could be used as an office, a large closet, or storage.
The 1,094-square-foot basement is unfinished.
The home has 200 amp electrical service and central air conditioning supplemented by window air conditioners. There’s parking for eight vehicles.
Route 24 is no longer the only direct connection to Boston from this town. The MBTA’s Fall River/New Bedford commuter rail began operations in March, ending 65 years without rail service between Boston and South Coast communities.
Donna Whritenour of Lamacchia Realty has the listing.
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