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Posted 12/9/14

The Fair Mansion on Fair Street in Pawtuxet was alive with activity like it hasn’t been for years Thursday evening as friends of the House of Hope toured the building and imagined its …

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AGLOW: The Fair Mansion on Fair Street sparkled both from within and outside Thursday night.

Warwick Beacon photos

ON A HOUSE TOUR: Arlene McNulty, Ellie Weeden, Ward 1 Councilman Steven Colantuono and Mim Sloan, volunteer in charge of corporate fundraising were among the more than 120 party guests.

ROYALTY IN THEIR MIDST: Miss Rhode Island 2015 Anea Garcia, who is a student at Roger Williams University and plans to go into law, joins House of Hope board president Patti Wegrzyn McGreen and her husband, Rob, who tended bar for the event.

HE KNOWS THE HISTORY: Jean Johnson, executive director of the House of Hope and Warwick Historian Henry Brown talk over drinks.

Posted Tuesday, December 9, 2014 11:43 am

The Fair Mansion on Fair Street in Pawtuxet was alive with activity like it hasn’t been for years Thursday evening as friends of the House of Hope toured the building and imagined its transformation into affordable housing units. The historical character of the house built in 1820 will be preserved. With more than $2 million in grants, the house will be converted into five efficiency units, and an adjoining building with another five units will be built. Work is expected to start early next year. More than 120 guests got to see rooms adopted and decorated by various sponsors. Outside heaters pumped warm air into the building. And as there was no water service, porta-johns met needs. The house was full of life as it moves closer to its new chapter. (Warwick Beacon photos)