House Lust: An Affordable Victorian in a Quiet New England Village
Feast your eyes on the Horatio Holbrook House.
February 9, 2021
If you’ve ever dreamed of giving it all up for a big house in a sleepy New England town, here’s your chance: 5,100 square feet of charm and character, well-preserved over the years, and within walking distance to a village green, white steeple church, B and B, historical society museum and other small-town attractions.
No, it’s not in Rhode Island. Because, no: You can’t find such a place in this condition, in a central location and, perhaps most importantly, at an affordable price in the Ocean State. You’d have to sacrifice one of the three. It’s a harsh reality in an even harsher market.
The business made its triumphant return, opening up at 107 West Warren Street on Tuesday.
According to Myra Willis, who owns the market with her husband, Bill, Antiques Market first opened its doors in 2016 on Lafayette Street before being forced to downsize and move out. The whole time we were (at our second location), we have been looking to get back to uptown, said Myra. We really needed something bigger. We have a lot of furniture.
Antiques Market of Shelby is less like one large business and more of a collection of vendors selling a variety of wares under one roof. Vendors rent their booths - each an even 10-foot-by-10-foot square - and fill them with vintage furniture, glassware, toys, books, records and more.
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FAIRMONT â The Northern Appalachian Coal Mining Heritage Association has added several new pieces to its museum exhibit at Arts and Antiques Marketplace in Fairmont, an exhibit the association is now calling âFairmont Coalfield â The Six Counties.â
The nonprofit unveiled the new pieces, which include a piece of an authentic coal shaft line and a map connecting prominent memorials and coal sites across Barbour, Marion, Monongalia, Harrison, Preston and Taylor counties, according to Ksenia Bradner, an AmeriCorps volunteer with the association.
â(The coal shaft line is) the cart would go on with coal in and out of the mine,â Bradner said. âThey took a lot of work. We got some students from Fairmont State University to come and paint (the coal shaft).â
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