Lizzie Borden House
Coordinates: 41°41′56″N 71°09′22″W / 41.69894°N 71.15620°W
Lizzie Borden and her family lived at 92 Second Street in the city of Fall River, Massachusetts.[1] From 1874 to 1892, the house was the property of Andrew Borden, Lizzie’s father, who was a member of high society.[2] After Lizzie's trial and acquittal of murdering her father and stepmother with an axe, Lizzie and her sister Emma did not return to the house; instead, Lizzie bought another house located at 7 French Street that she named Maplecroft. Lizzie lived there until her death on June 1, 1927.[1]
The house number of 92 Second Street was changed to 230 in 1896.[3] It has operated as a bed and breakfast since 1996 under the ownership of Martha McGinn who inherited the house. Her grandparents purchased the house on August 4, 1948. According to Martha McGinn, the room where Lizzie's stepmother Abby Borden was found murdered is the “most requested room” of the bedrooms at the bed and breakfast. The Fall River Historical Society promotes the Lizzie Borden bed and breakfast as a tourist attraction.[4]
In popular culture
- Thin Lizzie, a 2015 episode of The CW series Supernatural (season 11, episode 5) involved a series of murders centered on the Lizzie Borden House Bed & Breakfast
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References
- 1 2 Douglas, John; Olshaker, Mark. The Cases That Haunt Us. Scribner. pp. 117–118. ISBN 978-0-7432-1239-7.
- ↑ Cartwell, Mary (July 26, 1992). "Lizzie Borden Took an Ax". The New York Times. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ↑ "Chronology 1789-1892". The Lizzie Andrew Borden Virtual Museum & Library. 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
- ↑ Shea, Lois (October 29, 1995). "Lizzie Borden's house to be B&B Crime scene: Opening is set for next August, but fans of the Fall River ax murders are already reserving rooms.". The Balitmore Sun. Retrieved March 6, 2015.