Revitalizing New Bedford through historic preservation

WHALE Projects In Just The Last Five Years Have A Value Of More Than $15,000,000
WHALE Projects In Just The Last Five Years Have A Value Of More Than $15,000,000
WHALE Projects in just the last five years have a value of more than $15,000,000
WHALE Has Partnered To Save More Than 60 Historic Structures
WHALE has partnered to save more than 60 historic structures
WHALE Led The Charge To Establish New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
WHALE led the charge to establish New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park

“If you bulldoze your heritage, you become just anywhere.”
Sarah Delano, WHALE President 1966-1982

N E W S

Fixing First Baptist’s Steeple

September 18, 2018

Thank you, Representative Cabral and Secretary of State Galvin! $75,000 in emergency funds awarded to restore and protect…

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Check out the Signs at WHALE’s Co-Creative Center!

September 5, 2018

Next time you walk around downtown New Bedford, take a moment to admire the brand-new…

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Backstage at the Strand Theater

August 30, 2018

It may not currently look like much from the outside, but grand things are happening…

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First Baptist Church Groundbreaking

July 24, 2018

In the blaze of a VERY warm July afternoon sun, New Bedford's historic First Baptist…

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