Fairhaven was very fortunate in having Standard Oil Company millionaire Henry Huttleston Rogers (1840-1909) as its native son.  Mr. Rogers gave to Fairhaven its Town Hall, the Millicent Library, Unitarian Memorial Church (in memory of his mother Mary), High School, Masonic Building.  Mr. Rogers was born in Fairhaven in 1840.  As a boy he worked as a grocery clerk, delivered newspapers and was baggage master for the railroad.  At the age of 21 he left town for Pennsylvania and started his own oil refinery.  Later, the Charles Pratt Oil Company, which Rogers managed, was absorbed by the Standard Oil Trust, and eventually Rogers was president of six and vice president of 13 of the Standard Oil Trust companies.  He married his high school sweetheart, Abbie Gifford, and summered in an 85 room mansion he built near Fort Phoenix in the southern part of town overlooking the bay.  in 1884 he began a series of benefactions to his home town, giving Fairhaven some of the most beautiful public buildings in the country.  Besides the spectacular architecture gracing the town, Fairhaven has Rogers to thank for its public water system and for Cushman Park, which was a pond before the millionaire had it filled.  Rogers was a close friend of author Mark Twain, who often visited the Rogers family in town.  At Twain's suggestion, Rogers gave financial assistance to Helen Keller and one of her books is dedicated to him.  At his death in 1909, Henry Huttleston Rogers' estate was worth 100 to 150 million dollars.

Fairhaven was also home to Warren Delano II, grandfather of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.  Other famous people include John Cooke, last male Pilgrim; Joseph Bates, Jr., founder of the Seventh Day Adventists; Captain Joshua Slocum (first man to sail alone around the world, and his ship the Spray; "John" Manjiro Nakahama, first Japanese person to live in America.  World renowned marine painter and photographer William Bradford lived and worked here.

Check with the Office of Tourism above to get schedule of various tours through the town and Fort Phoenix.

	Millicent Library (Italian Renaissance)
	English Gothic Unitarian Memorial Church
Town Hall (French Gothic)	Home of the Delano's
Revolutionary Era Fort Phoenix	City of New Bedford in the background
Hurricane Barrier built by the Army Corps of Engineers between 1962 and 1966.  It's the largest manmade stone structure on the east coast of the U.S.	If  you like seafood, you'll love Gene's Right on Route 6.  Huge portions, low price, great food - how can you beat that!