230 2nd St, Fall River, MA 02721

Lizzie's story is still remembered today mostly because of the infamous rhyme:

Lizzie Borden took an axe
And gave her mother forty whacks
When she saw what she had done
She gave her father forty-one

The Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast is where Lizzie Borden and her family had once lived, and died. It was originally numbered as 92 2nd St, but was changed to 230 2nd St in 1896.

From 1874 to 1892, the house was the property of Andrew Borden, Lizzie's father, who was a member of Fall River high society. 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 St that she named 'Maplecroft'. Lizzie lived there until her death on June 1, 1927.

It has operated as a bed and breakfast since 1996 under the ownership of Martha McGinn who inherited the house. Martha's 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.

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