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This region, historically known as Olde Dartmouth, was purchased from the Wampanoag Indians in 1664. It extended from Tiverton and Little Compton, in Rhode Island, to Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Olde Dartmouth Sotheby's International Realty is the premier real estate company serving this historic South Coast Region.

• One hour from Boston and only 30 minutes from Providence, RI, Newport, RI, and Cape Cod.
• There are many excellent day trips from the South Coast area.
• Dramatic waterfront with popular and private beaches.
• Proximity to Cuttyhunk, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket islands.
• A great place for a year-round or summer home, while avoiding the traffic congestion of Cape Cod.
• Dozens of marinas and yacht clubs offering excellent boating.
• Home to dozens of museums, wildlife sanctuaries, beaches, and national parks.
• Large inventory of antique homes from 17th, 18th and 19th centuries including examples of Federal,
  Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Stick Style, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Shingle Style, Georgian Revival and Colonial Revival homes.
• Considered extension of Boston Commuter Rail to New Bedford by 2016.
• Planned 150 million dollar Oceanarium in New Bedford.
• In 1996, the downtown New Bedford area was declared a National Historic Park by the National Park Service.
• A recent high speed ferry service from New Bedford to Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, and Cuttyhunk.
• A recent 11 million dollar renovation of New Bedford's Buttonwood Park Zoo.
• A recent 12 million dollars spent on a face-lift for the New Bedford Whaling Museum, the largest and most complete museum of its kind in the world.
• 3 million dollars earmarked to create a new National Park Service Education Center. Construction is underway at the 1875 Carson Building.
• Several funded public and private renovation projects underway in the area.
• Within one hour of several of the nation's most prestigious universities and colleges, such as Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Wellesley College, Northeastern University, Bridgewater State, Brown University, Rhode Island School of Design, Salve Regina, and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, among others.
• The largest grossing fishing port in the United States. The Fairhaven/New Bedford port brought in an estimated $300 million worth of fish in 2001. Ancillary waterfront businesses such as seafood processing, boatyards, and marinas make the area's waterfront nearly a billion dollar industry.
• Outstanding seafood: lobster, clam chowder, scallops, swordfish, clams, quahogs, etc.
• In 2002, New Bedford's Waterfront Historic Action LeaguE won the National Trustees Award for organization excellence from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. This organization has been renovating and preserving the South Coast's heritage for 40 years. W.H.A.L.E. is currently involved in several high profile projects in town.