Israel Picard House
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Israel Picard House is a historic house at 690 County Street in Fall River, Massachusetts
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The house was built in 1897 for Israel Picard, a granite dealer. The front of the house features elaborate woodwork, while the rear portion of the house is Fall River granite
. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1983.
Fall River, Massachusetts
Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is located about south of Boston, southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, and west of New Bedford and south of Taunton. The city's population was 88,857 during the 2010 census, making it the tenth largest city in...
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The house was built in 1897 for Israel Picard, a granite dealer. The front of the house features elaborate woodwork, while the rear portion of the house is Fall River granite
Fall River granite
Fall River Granite is a Precambrian bedrock underlying the City of Fall River, Massachusetts and surrounding areas along the eastern shores of Narragansett Bay. It was formed 600 million years ago, as part of the Avalon terrane....
. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1983.