When you visit Bobby Baker Gallery, you are also visiting a site that has a bunch of cool history to it. Our home, next to the gallery, was built in the early/mid-1800's, The gallery - our barn - was indeed a "real barn" and we even have an iron brand left behind that was used to brand the cows way back then. Dena can tell you much about our house as she as has researched it and has countless documents and pictures that support its very interesting history.

Our house was once the home of sea Captain Hiram Baker (1806 – 1858) of the bark Ocean Wave (380 tons), of New Bedford which was wrecked during a gale on the night of 11 October 1858. The Ocean Wave was lost with all hands on one of the Pinnacle Rocks. Though lost at sea, Capt. Baker is remembered with a tombstone in the Cataumet Cemetery.

Our house was also the home to James West who not only fought in the Civil War, but was a carpenter that built the Cataumet Schoolhouse, now on the National Register of Historic Places. James West Road in Cataumet runs next to BBG.

"The Cape is every photographer’s dream and in Cataumet, Bobby Baker Gallery showcases what happens when talent and drive turns that dream into a reality. The gallery’s namesake is one of New England’s preeminent coastal photographers, and his seaside images – in color and black & white – capture the beauty of the region."

BB uses custom frames and mats Made in the USA

Congratulations to The Drawing Room for being named THE place for ART in 2023 South Coast Almanac "Best of The South Coast" annual issue! We are proud that BB's art - The New Bedford Collection - is featured at The Drawing Room, (See "Rose Alley #2" displayed in the South Coast Almanac award issue's full-page ad!)

The Drawing Room