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The featured image above is captioned “Akin Place, S. Dart. Photo by Henry Willis of New Bedford,” donated to the Dartmouth Historical Commission by David Santos.  We believe it’s Henry […]

Let’s get to the heavy lifting. Structural Systems Guided by the Department of Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, we identified and tried to retain and preserve “structural

This series begins with a ca. 1930s image by local photographer Manuel Goulart. Situated on the corner of Dartmouth and Rockland Streets, the 1762 Akin House was a fascinating subject

The featured image above is the “original” fireplace and cooking hearth with beehive oven in the great room/kitchen/gathering place of the Akin House. This restoration was completed in January 2018

This is our last blog for 2017.  And what a year it was! Preserving Dartmouth’s Heritage from the Foundation Up Our mission statement is never truer than the work we

If these supporting timbers could talk. Our featured image above along with detailed photos show a sampling of really, really old timbers used by the original builder to support the living

This is the first in a series of photo articles about the discoveries of the Akin House center chimney, its three chimney stacks and fireplaces dominating the three main rooms.

To our surprise, we found more unusual wallpaper in the sitting room at the Akin House. While it hasn’t been closely examined, nor photographed to the best effect, this recent

An extraordinary room revealed This unremarkable sitting room turned out to be a rare example of early decorative wall coverings that no one could have expected or even imagined. In fact,

The above image was photographed in 2003 showing the sitting room as found during the examination process of saving this house. Please note that this article is in two parts.

The featured image of whitewashed wall boards is located in a part of the house that may have been a small bedroom or birthing room, off the kitchen/gathering room. By