Located just fifty miles south of Boston, minutes from Providence or Newport, R.I. and the gateway to Cape Cod, this landmark home is accessible from all major highways.
Note: For guests spending more than one night with us, day tours start at 11am and end at 4pm. During this time, we will need access to the rooms to accommodate the tours. The only rooms that can be exempt from this policy are 2 rooms on the 3rd floor. The Hosea Knowlton and Andrew Jennings rooms.
Whole House Rental: The entire house can be rented exclusively for up to 20 people for family gatherings, wedding parties, corporate outings, your own private seance with the spirits of the house, Paranormal investigation teams etc. for just $1,500 per night.
Rent an Entire Floor: If you would like to rent the entire third or second floor CHECK HERE for rates and availability. The 2nd floor can accomidate 12 people while the 3rd floor can only accomidate 8 people.
Pricing for Rooms & Suites: Prices for rooms and suites are based on 2 person occupancy. All but one room (Bridgett Sullivan room) can accommodate a 3rd person on a fold up roll-a-way bed. The 2 suites can accommodate up to 5 persons. There is a $50 per additional person, per night charge for the rooms and $100 per additional person per night charge for the suites. Each of the 2 suites has 2 separate rooms and 2 queen size beds with the option for a 5th person on a fold up roll-a-way bed.
Web Access:All rooms are WiFi enabled! Enjoy free access to the Internet during your visit!
Gift Cards: Gift Cards can be used to pay for your accomidations in full or in part. At this time the gift cards can NOT be used to book a room online. In order to use a gift card for your B & B stay you must call the house to make a reservation. We are working on a solution and sorry for the inconvenience.
Lizzie's room has a full size bed and can be combined with Emma's room as a suite to sleep up to four people comfortably.
Before her trial, Lizzie was active in the Central Congregational Church, the Christian Endeavor Society and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. These efforts earned her the strong support of two well-respected ministers, William Walter Jubb and Edwin A. Buck.
The preliminary hearing took place in Fall River from August 25th through September 1st. The grand jury heard the evidence between November 7th-21st. Lizzie was indicted by the grand jury and sat in the Taunton jail till her trial began on June 5,1893. The trial was held in New Bedford Superior Court and on June 20,1893, after just 1 hour of deliberation, Lizzie was acquitted of all charges.
After her acquittal, Lizzie returned home to 92 Second St and continued to live with Emma until they purchased a house in one of the more fashionable sections of Fall River. Lizzie named her new house Maplecroft and the sisters lived together until Emma moved out in 1905.
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Emma's bedroom has a queen size bed and may be combined with Lizzie's room to form a suite to sleep up to four people comfortably.
Emma Lenora Borden was born to Andrew & Sarah on March 1, 1851. She was 12 yrs old when her mother died, and in making a deathbed promise to her, promised to always watch over little Lizzie.
On the day of the murders Emma was 15 miles away in Fairhaven, MA visiting her friend Helen Brownell. It was here that she received the telegram from Dr. Bowen informing her of the killings and urging her back to Fall River.
Emma showed nothing but the strongest support for her sister during the trial and believed in Lizzie's innocence until the day of her death. She testified at Lizzie's inquest and was a star witness for the defense at the final trial in June 1893.
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It was in this room, on the morning of August 4th 1892, the body of Abby D. Borden was discovered by Bridget Sullivan and the Borden's neighbor, Mrs. Churchill. With it's beautifully carved Eastlake bed and dresser, the room has been meticulously decorated to transport you back to that fateful morning.
John Vinnicum Morse (1833 – 1912) was born in Fall River, Mass., the son of Anthony and Rhody (Morrison) Morse and younger brother to Sarah, mother of Lizzie and Emma.
John arrived unannounced at 92 Second St on Wednesday, August 3rd, and Abby put him in the second floor guestroom, the same room where her body would be found less than 24 hours later.
A witness at the inquest, preliminary trial and final trial of his niece, he provided testimony of his intimate knowledge of events within the Borden household.
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The master bedroom of Mr. and Mrs. Borden is decorated in rich, dark Victorian furniture with a full size bed. This room has a private bath and can be combined as a suite with Abby's dressing room for up to four people comfortably.
Andrew Jackson Borden was born in Fall River on September 13th 1822 to Abraham and Phebe (Davenport) Borden at the family home on 12 Ferry St. His father was a fish peddler and the family lived in one of the poorer sections of town.
On Christmas Day, 1845, he married Sarah Anthony Morse. They had three children, Emma, Alice who died, and Lizzie. Sarah died on March 26, 1863 when Lizzie was 2 1/2.
Before Andrew began his climb to successful business man, he was apprenticed as a carpenter to Abner L. Westgate. About 1845, with a $1,000 loan, he formed a business partnership with William M. Almy, the beginning of Borden & Almy. By the 1850's, Mr. Borden had moved on to real estate and banking.
In April 1872, Mr. Borden purchased the house at 92 Second St. from Charles Trafton. He moved in with his second wife Abby and his daughters Lizzie (11) and Emma (21).
At the time of his death, he owned many properties around the Fall River area. He was also the president of the Union Savings Bank (still found today) on South Main St. and also on the board of directors for the B.M.C. Durfee Safe Deposit and Trust Co. as well as having holdings in many prominent mills.
Despite all his wealth, Andrew was known as a miser. The house at 92 Second Street used oil lamps instead of gas, did not have hot running water and did not have electricity, although Andrew easily could have afforded those utilities.
Mr. Borden arrived home about 10:45 am on the morning of August 4th. His body was discovered on the sofa in the sitting room and reported by Lizzie at 11:10 am. According to the autopsy, he had received 10 blows to the face with a hatchet.
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This was the dressing room of Abby and the home office of Andrew. Mr. Borden's desk and safe have long since been removed and replaced by a comfortable queen size bed.
Abby Durfee Gray Borden was born in Fall River on January 21st 1828 to Oliver and Sarah Gray. She became stepmother to Lizzie & Emma when she married the widower Andrew J. Borden on June 6th 1865 after they met at the Central Congregational Church.
Before marrying Andrew, Abby lived with her father, his second wife Jane and their daughter Sarah on Fourth Street. Sarah was 36 years younger than Abby and their relationship was more that of mother & daughter than of sisters.
At the time of her death, Mrs. Borden weighed between 200 & 220 lbs. Some discribe her a short, humorless soul who displayed little or no affection. Yet to others, she was described as a kindly and generous woman who was easy to please and eager to please others. As generous as she was with her own family, she found it impossible to satisfy Lizzie & Emma.
Abby Borden was murdered in the (John Morse) guest room between 9 & 9:30 am. Her body was discovered by Bridget Sullivan and the Borden's neighbor Adelaide Churchill. The autopsy report showed that Abby was killed at least 90 minutes before her husband.
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This was the attic room of the Borden's maid Bridget Sullivan. It has a full size bed and shares a bathroom (standing shower) with Andrew Jennings and Hosea Knowlton.
Bridget Sullivan was born one of 13 children to Eugene and Margaret (Leary) Sullivan in Cork County Ireland in 1864. She emigrated to the U.S. in 1883 and worked as a scullery maid in Newport RI . By 1888 she had made her way to Fall River where she found work with the Borden's in 1889. Her major duties were cooking, cleaning and ironing. All of which she did on the morning of the murders.
On the witness stand at Lizzie's trial, Bridget told in detail, all of the events she witnessed on the day of the murders. Much of what we know today comes from her statements including the now infamous breakfast of johnnycakes, coffee, fruit, cookies and three-day old mutton broth.
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This third floor room has a comfortable full size bed and shares a bath (shower only) with the Bridget Sullivan and Hosea Knowlton rooms.
Andrew Jackson Jennings was born in Fall River in 1849 to Andrew M. and Olive (Chace) Jennings.
He had been Mr. Borden's lawyer for many years prior to the murders and continued his position by representing Lizzie.
After Lizzie's arrest on August 11th, Jennings sought the help of Colonel Melvin O. Adams, former assistant district attorney for Suffolk County of Massachusetts. Adams was active during the preliminary hearing between August 25th and September 1st 1892. By the start of the trial on June 5th 1893, Jennings had found help in George D. Robinson, the former Governor of Massachusetts.
Andrew Jennings gave the opening statement at Lizzie's trial on June 10th 1893. Instead of trying to outline the defense argument, he made a strong emotional plea by expressing his own personal regard for the Borden family, including the accused by detailing Lizzie's close relationship with her father. He also stressed Lizzie's church, charitable and volunteer efforts. His opening statement took 38 minutes.
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The Hosea Knowlton room has a full size bed and shares a bathroom (shower only) with Bridget Sullivan and Andrew Jennings.
Hosea Morrill Knowlton (1847-1902) was the district attorney for the Southern District of Massachusetts and as such led the prosecution team at the trial against Lizzie.
He was assigned the case by Mass. Attorney General Albert E. Pillsbury. From the time he was assigned to the Borden case, Knowlton believed he would never be able to obtain a conviction. Knowlton personally questioned the witnesses at the preliminary hearing held between August 25 and September 1, 1892.
In his summary at Lizzie's criminal trial, Knowlton stressed the brutality of the crimes and Lizzie's hatred for Abby. He also reminded the jury that neither a sick friend nor a note to Abby had ever been located. Due to the facts that Lizzie & Abby had been alone in the house, that the dress worn on the morning of the murders was not the dress she turned over to the Fall River police, and that she suspiciously burned a dress in the kitchen stove on Sunday morning, three days after the crime she was informed that she was the prime suspect.
Even though he lost his most famous trial, he was well respected and garnered praise from many in public and private life. Six months after the trial, he succeeded Pillsbury as Attorney General of Massachusetts, an office to which he was re-elected a total of five times.
Hosea Knowlton died in 1902 at his summer home in Marion, Massachusetts.
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Comments
There is just NO WAY she could have murdered both Abby and Andrew and not be sprayed with blood -
It would have been scattered all over her hair, her hands, clothing, face, etc. - it is just not possible to escape without it showing.
Also there was that neighbor woman at the back who, along with her daughter, stated that they heard someone jumping the back fence the night before. Just a coincidence? I don't think so.
Add to that the fact that the barn had running water to clean up bloody messes, and the fact that the back basement door was opened that morning for all to empty their slop pails, and there you have it.
He was discovered hiding upstairs by Abby, then waited for Andrew to come home.
Just a theory.........
20th cousin, 50 times removed and such
Does the nature of the episode (illustrating the B&B as a tourist trap and the paranormal activity within as fake) offend them? Is the way Lizzie fans are portrayed in the episode offensive to genuine Lizzie fans?
Was the episode filmed at the real B&B or just a mock-up?
I was born on Aug 4 and my Dad named me Lizabeth. He always said "No one will call you Lizzie". Now I know why.
Sonia
I've been recently addicted to finding out new information each day about this magnificent house. I first fount out about this house and all the unfortunate advents that happened here while watching an episode of Ghost Adventures. I have no idea what compels me more to this house, the murders or just the house itself. I would very much love to one day come visit and take a look for myself! Definitely is getting put on my bucket list. Just wanted to say how awesome this house is and that I'm a new fan :) Thank you!
She told me she awoke in the middle of the night and she felt as if someone was sitting on the end of the bed.
She evidently turned on the light, and could see a depression where they were sitting.
I'm telling her about this website, with the hopes she will come by and tell more of the experience as she is the one directly involved.
So she is guilty because "everyone knew"?? I dont believe anyone can say for a FACT that she was the ONLY person in the house at that exact time . You also state that she was not charged because there was no "written proof" Just curious what kind of "written proof" did you expect to be found? "Dear Police, this is Lizzie, I just killed both my parents alone and I was the only one in the house"
My adult daughter studies this a lot and she said there is a lot of proof that the girls were molested by the father and the mother knew and did nothing. Ive seen a lot of comments I wanted to reply to but I think Id be here all morning and I gotta get ready for work lol but that would be the motive (if its true)
We have a ghost in our house and there has been sometime months of quiet before a small thing or a rush of activity heard by both my husband and I.
Quoting Victoria:
Stiz Grimey - Lizzie Borden (Official Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToRxhehEf_A
she is crazy in the house
Husband and I are flying into Boston Friday morning for a weekend event. Kind of a last minute decision. I realize this is a longshot-- but what are the chances of reserving one of the smaller rooms that evening (1/23). Figure it can't hurt to ask! And is there really a breakfast served? You can email me the answer if you prefer. Thanks!!
May be when you get a bit older you can stay at the house when you are not so afraid. And it is not the kids under 5 can not come to the house, we just don’t allow children under 5 to stay over night. And the reason for that is for the curtisy of other quest in the house. Children under the age of 5 have a tendency to have tons of energy to expell.
Hope this clarifies some things.
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The room you are asking about is the John V. Morse room and the price is listed there also. Here is a link https://lizzie-borden.com/index.php/about-the-house/the-rooms.html?showall=&start=3
That is a valid question and the answer is some of the rooms can accommodate for more than 2 people in them. There are roll-a-way beds available for the extra guest.
Jerry Pacheco
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The subject matter of the house is not appropriate for young children.
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The subject matter of the house is not appropriate for young children.
Jerry Pacheco
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Sarah was born 9/19/1823; Abby 1/21/28; Andrew 9/13/22. Sara was 1 year younger than Andrew and Abby 5 years 4 months younger than Andrew.
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The short answer to that question is yes
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Jerry Pacheco
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lizzie-borden.com/index.php/about-the-house/house-tuors.html
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Yes the Andrew and Abby suite has it's own private bathroom.
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Yes 2 sleep comfortably in the bed that is in that room and yes there is a role-away bed available for a third person.
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Hope that helps explain.
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Paranormal crews are always at the house at any given time of the year.
You can also do your own paranormal investigating of the house right from your own computer, tablet or smart phone by joining one of the Ghost Cam subscriptions lizzie-borden.com/index.php/lizzie-community.html
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I love to read these comments, but I do wonder has anyone had any haunted experiences?
There is no extra charge for utilizing both beds in the suite. Hope you enjoy your stay
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But that's another set of bed linens to wash and exchange, at minimum in terms of getting room ready. Policy may have changed, though, and now Emma's room can be used if you book Lizzie's. That should be advertised!!
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And I did ask Lee-ann (the inn keeper) if there was an extra charge for the extra linen usage prior to posting an answer to Sharon's question. Lee-ann said there was no extra charge. I should have mentioned the "No Extra Charge for the Linen Use" in the answer so thank you for bringing it up Faye.
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Kudos on your comment. And as for the t-shirt question, the online "Gift Shop of Horrors" will be up and running with in the next week or so.
If you are a registered member of the Lizzie Borden Community, you will receive notification of it's arrival.
Axe and you shall receive Lizzie always says! Lizzie wants everyone to be treated like family here at the Lizzie Borden Site and Bed & Breakfast Museum.
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i got lost and like to now how to win a free night, 10 min ago i ask my husband if i won a night would yougo for my birthday he kind whel king of have asleep yes . So its important to to registered to win the stay at lizzie, please instruct me to where to register
Michelle
lizzie-borden.com/index.php/lizzie-community/registers.html
You may also read about the contest by following this link:
www.lizzie-borden.com/index.php/lizzie-community/free-night-stay-rules.html
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