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Videos show views of the First Baptist Church located at 8 Lafayette Street on the west side of the Upper Common at the corner of Common Street. Built around 1872, the high style Italianate building has a clapboard exterior and there is a large two story addition at the rear. On the evening of Tuesday, October 23, 2018, lightning struck the steeple during a storm and ignited a fire which soon engulfed the building. Despite the efforts of fire departments from many neighboring communities, the building was largely destroyed and declared a total loss.
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Photos show views of the First Baptist Church located at 8 Lafayette Street on the west side of the Upper Common at the corner of Common Street. Built around 1872, the high style Italianate building has a clapboard exterior and there is a large two story addition at the rear. On the evening of Tuesday, October 23, 2018, lightning struck the steeple during a storm and ignited a fire which soon engulfed the building. Despite the efforts of fire departments from many neighboring communities, the building was largely destroyed and declared a total loss.
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Photos show views of the First Baptist Church located at 8 Lafayette Street on the west side of the Upper Common at the corner of Common Street. Built around 1872, the high style Italianate building has a clapboard exterior and there is a large two story addition at the rear. On the evening of Tuesday, October 23, 2018, lightning struck the steeple during a storm and ignited a fire which soon engulfed the building. Despite the efforts of fire departments from many neighboring communities, the building was largely destroyed and declared a total loss.
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Photos show the house located at 142 Main Street in Beebe Cove on the eastern shore of Lake Quannapowitt. Built in 1810 by noted architect Samuel McIntire of Salem, the Federal style house has several later alterations, including a cupola added between 1858 and 1865. The house was originally the home of the family of Lucius Beebe, and was known as the Beebe Estate or Beebe Farm. It was said to have had one of New England's first indoor bathrooms, with a bathtub "of monstrous proportions". The site was also once the location of the Derby-Beebe Summer House, a small elegant outbuilding also designed by Samuel McIntire. The summerhouse was later moved to Salem, Massachusetts, and is now owned by the Peabody Essex Museum.
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Photos show views of the trowel used at the cornerstone-laying ceremony of the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library on March 17, 1922. The artifact was presented by Damien Hurlburt to Library Director Sharon Gilley in July 2009. The trowel was used by Lucia Beebe at the 1922 cornerstone-laying ceremony inaugurating the construction of the new library building, funded in large part by a donation from Junius Beebe, son of Lucius Beebe. Hurlburt found the trowel while cleaning out the basement of his home at 26 Daniel Road. The inscription on the trowel reads, 'USED BY LUCIA BEEBE LAYING CORNERSTONE OF LUCIUS BEEBE MEMORIAL LIBRARY WAKEFIELD MASS. MARCH 17, 1922'. Lucia Beebe was the niece of Lucius Beebe (for whom the library is named) and the sister of Lucius Morris Beebe, who was famous for his high style, society journalism and interest in railroading.
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Photos show views of the Yale family plot in Lakeside Cemetery on North Avenue. The plot is located east of White Ash Avenue between Spruce Avenue and Magnolia Path in the northeast corner of the cemetery.
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Photos show views of the Spaulding gravestone in Lakeside Cemetery on North Avenue. The plot is located on the southern side of the point at the extreme eastern end of the cemetery.
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Photos show views of the gravestone of Elizabeth Boit in Lakeside Cemetery on North Avenue. The plot is located near "Rainbow Path" at the northern end of the cemetery.
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Photos show views of the Bayrd family plot in Lakeside Cemetery on North Avenue. The plot is located at the corner of Chestnut Avenue and Catalpa Avenue near the center of the cemetery.
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Photos show the Robert V. Yeuell School at 0 Crystal Street on the east side of the street in the Greenwood section of Wakefield. The brick elementary school was built in the 1960s in response to overcrowding at the Greenwood School as a result of the Baby Boom. The school was named for Captain Robert V. Yeuell of the 224th Field Artillery Battalion, a Wakefield native who was killed in World War II. No longer used as a public school, in 2008 the Yeuell School is home to the SEEM Collaborative, a nonprofit organization that provides educational services to students with severe disabilities.
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Photos show views of the West Ward School located at 39 Prospect Street on the north side of the street between Goodwin and Nichols Streets. The school was built in 1847 and is thought to be the oldest two-room schoolhouse in Massachusetts that was in continuous use during its 147 years of operation. The school was eventually forced to close when the roof collapsed in 1994 and was turned over from the School Department to the Board of Selectmen. In 1998 the West Ward School Association was awarded permission to restore the building to its original use as a 19th century schoolhouse. The organization aims to make the building a "living history schoolhouse," giving children the opportunity to experience a classroom from the mid to late 19th century.
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Photos show views of the H. M. Warren School located at 30 Converse Street on the south side of the street at the corner of Jordan Avenue. The Renaissance Revival style brick structure was built around 1896 and named after Major Horace M. Warren, a local Civil War soldier. The school was closed in 1981, and later used in the 1990s by the local cable television station. The building was then renovated for use as the town's senior center, and opened on June 23, 2002.
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Photos show the stone gates located at the intersection of Chestnut Street and Park Avenue at the entrance to the Wakefield Park neighborhood, the development of which began in 1886. The area was promoted as having a healthful and beautiful environment, with elegant homes and building restrictions.
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Photos show views of the Wakefield Upper Depot train station located at 27-29 Tuttle Street on the east side of the street. The railroad tracks and North Avenue lie to the east of the building. The Victorian station is made of brick and was built in 1889. After being brick red for many years, it was repainted in historic colors in the early 2000s. The building's decorative chimney pots are particularly noteworthy. The Haverhill Line commuter rail to Boston still stops here at Wakefield Station, but the building itself is used for commerical offices.
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Photos show views of the Upper Common in Wakefield. The Common is divided into two sections by Church Street, which runs east-west. The triangular portion south of Church Street, and bounded by Main and Common Streets, is known as the Upper Common, perhaps because of its slightly higher elevation than that of the Lower Common. It is approximately 2. 5 acres in area. It is more formal than the Lower Common, and has paved paths, flowering trees, benches, Victorian style lampposts, granite and iron fences, and several war memorials, most notably the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial for the Civil War.
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Photos show views of the Unitarian Universalist Church located at 326 Main Street on the east side of the street opposite the Post Office. The church was originally built in 1839 in the Greek Revival style as a temple with a portico on columns facing Main Street. In 1859 the building was substantially altered: it was raised one story, the portico was removed, and a steeple was added. The new version of the building is Italianate in style and has wooden clapboards which on the lower floor are intended to resemble stone. The main entrance on the west end is obscured by a large linden tree in the middle of the front walkway, from which the church's Linden Tree Coffeehouse takes its name. The spire of the church was removed for safety and structural reasons on Tuesday, October 7, 2008.
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Photos show views of Wakefield's Town Hall, housing the town's municipal offices, located at 1 Lafayette Street on the west side of the Upper Common at the corner of Common Street. Built around 1871, the brick Mansard/Italianate style building has been substantially altered from its original state. The structure was originally built as a high school, and had a clapboard exterior, with a mansard roof, tower, and elaborate exterior decoration. It was designed by architect John Stevens, who also designed the 1868 Town Hall and the Cyrus Wakefield Estate, both since demolished. He also designed the home at 21 Chestnut Street, which is still extant. The 1871 building was used as a high school until 1923. It was converted to town offices in 1938, and the building was considerably altered at this time: the tower was removed, the mansard roof was replaced with a gable, and much of the exterior ornament was removed. The main entrance, previously on Common Street, was shifted to Lafayette Street. Less extensive renovations, including handicapped accessibility, were completed around the turn of the 21st century.
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Photos show views of the Jewish cemetery located on the western shore of Lake Quannpowitt, just south of Lakeside cemetery between Beacon Street and Lakeside Avenue. The cemetery was established in 1859 by Boston's Temple Israel, the first synagogue in Boston. The earliest of the more than 600 stones date from the 1860s. ;
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Photos show views of the commercial building located at 414-416 Main Street on the east side of the street. The building runs along much of Lincoln Street. Built around 1870, the brick structure is Second Empire/Mansard Style, and the upper story windows have elaborate granite moldings in the Eastlake Style. The original high Mansard roof was removed in the mid 20th century. The block was the initial home of several important local businesses, including the Wakefield Item, and the Harvard Knitting Mills, before they moved elsewhere.
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Photos show views of the Saint Parascheva Romanian Orthodox Church located at 171 Water Street on the south side of the street at the corner of Melvin Street. Built around 1915, the vernacular Shingle Style chapel was originally built as a mission by Italian Americans on land donated to them by the Heywood-Wakefield Company across the street. Over the years the building has been used by several religious denominations, including the Christ Community Baptist Church, the Saint Sava Serbian Church, the Hope Alliance Church, and currently the Saint Parascheva Romanian Orthodox Church.
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Photos show views of the St. Joseph's School building located at 15 Gould Street on the north side of the street at the corner of Emerson Street. The Neo-Gothic style brick structure was built in 1924 by the Boston architectural firm Maginnis & Walsh. It has been used continuously as a parochial school affiliated with the parish of St. Joseph's Catholic Church.
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Photos show views of the tomb of Solon O. Richardson II and his wife Abbie in Lakeside Cemetery on North Avenue. The plot with its red granite obelisk is located on the north side of "Beech Avenue", between "Maple Avenue" and "Oak Avenue" toward the south end of the cemetery. Richardson was the son of Dr. Solon O. Richardson, Sr. , who funded the local militia company, the Richardson Light Guard.
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Photos show views of the Rockery in the middle of Main Street at the intersection of Crescent Street. The Rockery was contructed to beautify the area in the 1880s, and at the time was often called the "Grotto". The structure was completed in 1884 at a cost of about $2,600, and included a fountain which splashed water over the vine-covered rocks into the pool below. The bronze Hiker Monument, by sculptor Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson, is sometimes mistaken for a Revolutionary War minuteman, but was actually erected in honor of those Wakefield citizens who fought in the Spanish-American War. The statue was dedicated on October 12, 1926. The Rockery is also the location of Wakefield's town Christmas tree, which is placed in front of the Hiker statue during the holiday season.
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Photos show the U. S. Post Office located at 321 Main Street on the west side of the street at the corner of Yale Avenue. Wakefield's post office was located in several places in town before this building was built, the latest home having been in the building at 9 Albion Street, now the Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department, where it was housed from 1924 to 1937. Built in 1936, the new neo-renaissance style structure was designed by architect Louis A. Simon. It has an exterior of red brick and cast stone, and on the Main Street facade are medallions of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. A large rear addition was added in 1970.
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Photos show the Montrose School at 531 Lowell Street on the south side of the street opposite Coolidge Park in the Montrose section of Wakefield. The brick school was built in in 1918 to serve elementary school students in the northeast section of Wakefield, known as Montrose. The school was enlarged and remodeled in 1930. By the 1990s, the school was no longer being used for educational purposes, and students in that part of town attended classes at the newly modernized Dolbeare School, less than a mile away near the corner of Lowell and Vernon streets. The Montrose was briefly leased as temporary studio space by Wakefield Community Access Television (WCAT) while a permanent studio was being built. In 2001, the School Department turned the Montrose School over to the Selectmen to determine its long-term future. The building subsequently served as temporary headquarters for the Wakefield Police and Fire Departments while the new Public Safety Building was being constructed downtown. In 2008, after several years of study, the building and grounds were sold to Symes Development, LLC. The building was razed in September 2008 and replaced by a subdevelopment of 10 or 11 single family homes.
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Photos show views of the Montrose Chapel located at 292-294 Salem Street on the south side of the street at the corner of Drummer Lane. The Stick Style chapel was built in 1885-86 and dedicated on April 28, 1886. From 1946 to 1981, the building was used as the Montrose Branch of the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library. After it closed, the building was converted to private residences.
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Photos show views of the Lower Common in Wakefield. The Common is divided into two sections by Church Street, which runs east-west. The more or less rectangular portion north of Church Street, and bounded by Main Street and Lake Avenue, is known as the Lower Common, perhaps because of its slightly lower elevation as it slopes down to the lake. It is approximately 6. 75 acres in area. It is less formal than the Upper Common, and has few amenities or furnishings other than a wide sward of lawn, a number of widely spaced trees, and the Bandstand, which was built with funds from the Sweetser bequest in 1885.
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Photos show scenes of the 57th annual Wakefield Little League parade, which was held for baseball and softball players. The teams marched from Wakefield Common down Main Street, east on Water Street, and ended with ceremonies at Fernald Field on Del Carmine Street.
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Photos show views of the commercial building located at 18 Albion Street on the south side of the street at the corner of Foster Street. The structure was originally built around 1800 and located a few buildings to the east at the corner of Albion and Main Streets. Samuel Wiley had built the house, and later expanded it to include a tavern. In 1858 the building was raised and a first floor added underneath. It is at this time that it was known as the Quannapowitt House. In the 1780s the tavern was broken into pieces and moved. The southern end was moved to the current location at the corner of Albion and Foster Streets, and it was converted to a neo-Tudor style with ornamental half-timbering and a stucco exterior. Starting in 1924 it was used by the Hibernian Order. In more recent years it has also been known as the Sardella Building. The building now incorporates 6 Foster Street as well as the Albion Street address.
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Photos show views of the Greenwood Union Church located at 4 Oak Street on the north side of the street at the corner of Main Street. The Queen Anne/Shingle Style church was built in 1884 and remodeled in 1921. A large modern sanctuary was added to the west in 1956.
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Photos show views of the Greenwood Elementary School located at 1030 Main Street on the east side of the street opposite Melrose Terrace in the Greenwood section of Wakefield. The brick school was built in 1897 and enlarged and renovated in 1902 and 1924.
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Photos show the Franklin School at 100 Nahant Street at the corner of Traverse Street. The Colonial Revival style brick school was built in 1902, and extensively remodeled in 1925, at which time its hip roof and a large columned portico was removed. A classroom wing was also added. The school was named for an 1871 grammar school which had been located nearby on Franklin Street. The Franklin school closed in 2004.
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Photos show views of the Floral Way, an arbored walkway roughly 800 feet long on the south shore of Lake Quannapowitt between the Old Burying Ground and the Hartshorne House. The Floral Way was planted in 1949, mostly with flowering crabtrees, as a living memorial to the town's servicemen and women of all wars.
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Photos show the church located at the corner of Church Street and Lake Avenue on the west side of the Lower Common near the lake. Sometimes called the "big stone church", the Romanesque Revival style church is built of Massachusetts granite with a slate roof and was designed by the Boston architectural firm Hartwell, Richardson & Driver. This structure is the fifth for the church, and was built in 1912 from the ruins of the previous structure on the site, which was gutted by fire in 1909. Renovations and enlargements were done in 1952-1953, adding a chapel, offices, and classrooms.
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Photos show views of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church located at 5 Bryant Street on the east side of the Upper Common at the corner of Main and Bryant Streets. Built around 1881, the stick style building was originally located on Water Street. It was enlarged in 1891, and in 1900 was moved to its present location, its original clapboarding covered with stucco. In 1903, the Tudor Revival style rectory was built and connected to the church by an arcade of paired columns. The rectory has a shingle exterior and diamond-paned windows. The Canterbury Children's Center is run out of the church, and maintains an enclosed playground on the north side of the property.
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Photos show views of the John Charles Doyle Elementary School located at 11 Paul Avenue on the west side of town near the Stoneham town line. The brick school was built to relieve overcrowding on the West Side resulting from the Baby Boom. On March 13, 1958 Town Meeting voted to authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase or take the land by right of eminent domain for school purposes. The school opened to students in September 1961. No longer used as a public elementary school, in 2008 the Doyle is home to the independent, nonprofit Odyssey Day School, which leases the building from the Town of Wakefield.
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Photos show views of the Deadman tomb in Lakeside Cemetery on North Avenue. The tomb is located on "Oak Avenue" opposite "Beech Avenue" near the lakeshore at the southeast corner of the cemetery.
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Photos show views of the tomb of Cyrus Wakefield and his wife Eliza in Lakeside Cemetery on North Avenue. The plot with its red granite tomb is located at plot #109 on the east side of "Maple Avenue", between "Beech Avenue" and "Walnut Avenue" toward the south end of the cemetery. Cyrus Wakefield is probably the town's best known citizen and philanthropist, and was the owner of the Wakefield Rattan Company, one of the town's main industries in the 19th century. The town changed its name from South Reading to Wakefield in 1868 in his honor.
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Photos show the former Massachusetts state armory building located at 467 Main Street on the west side of the street at the corner of Armory Street. The neoclassical building was dedicated on January 15, 1913. In 1975 the town of Wakefield purchased the armory from the state for one dollar. It is now known as the Americal Civic Center and operated by the Americal Civic Center Association.
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Photos show scenes of the traveling carnival which comes annually to Wakefield. In 2008, Fanelli's Traveling Theme Park took place on Main Street in the Galvin Middle School parking lot next to the Americal Civic Center from Tuesday through Saturday of April school vacation week. The carnival offered several traditional thrill rides, some for young children, including a Ferris wheel, slide, and merry-go-round. A traditional midway offered popcorn, candied apples, fried dough, and hot dogs, as well as games of chance where players could win toys and prizes.
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Photos show views of the Mun Su Sa Buddhist temple located at 231 Salem Street on the north side of the street at the intersection with New Salem Street.
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Photos show views of the commercial building located at 369 Main Street on the west side of the street at the corner of Albion Street. Built around 1860 by Davis & Bryant, Builders for Samuel Kingman, the Italianate Style building is now covered with vinyl siding. Most of the original exterior decoration has been removed, although the structure's original massing can still be discerned. Kingman was a tailor, and later postmaster for the town. The building housed both his tailor shop and, for a time, the Post Office. In later years the Richardson Light Guard held meetings on the third floor. More recently, the building has been known as the Bourdon Block after the Bourdon Photography Studio which was on the ground floor.
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Photos show the Elizabeth Boit Home for Aged Women located between Bennett Street and Richardson Street near Main Street. The Italianate style home was built between 1875 and 1881, possibly for Marcus Simpson, who worked for the Wakefield Rattan Company. It was purchased in 1894 to be used as a home for elderly women. In 1921 the name was changed to honor Elizabeth Boit, who had given generously to the institution.
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Photos show views of one of the Beebe family plots in Lakeside Cemetery on North Avenue. The plot is located at the corner of "Rainbow Avenue" and "Lakeside Avenue" at the northern end of the cemetery.
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Photos show views of one of the Beebe family plots in Lakeside Cemetery on North Avenue. The plot is located near the corner of "Rainbow Avenue" and "Lakeside Avenue" at the northern end of the cemetery.
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Photos show views of one of the Beebe family plots in Lakeside Cemetery on North Avenue. The plot is located about 40 meters east of the corner of "Rainbow Avenue" and "Lakeside Avenue" at the northern end of the cemetery.
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Photos show views of one of the Beebe family plots in Lakeside Cemetery on North Avenue. The plot is located about 50 meters east of the corner of "Rainbow Avenue" and "Lakeside Avenue" at the northern end of the cemetery.
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Photos show views of the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library located at 345 Main Street on the west side of the street at the corner of Avon Street. Originally established in 1856, the library had several homes before settling at its present location. The current structure was built in several stages. The section on Main Street was built in 1922, and designed by Ralph Adams Cram of the Boston firm Cram & Ferguson. Cram was a medievalist best known for his many Gothic churches, and the classical revival style of this building was a stylistic departure from his usual work. The building has a large skylit entrance hall flanked by two reading rooms, each up a short flight of marble stairs. The north reading room is graced by fourteen medallions depicting famous literary figures. Both reading rooms include working marble fireplaces, built-in wooden bookshelves, and elegant Adam style plaster detailing on the walls and ceilings. The central lobby has a black and white marble floor and cast iron stair railings with urn motifs that echo the stone urns on the building's facade. The beehive, a symbol of the Beebe family, is used throughout the building as a decorative motif, and was chosen in 1998 as the Library's logo. In 1967 a modern addition was added to the rear of the building, greatly expanding the space. In 1997 the entire building was renovated within the existing footprint. A small cantilevered addition was added from the second story of the rear of the building, and the exterior entrance on Avon Street was completely rebuilt, with new windows and a brick facade matching the 1922 building.
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Photos show views of the tomb structure located on Beacon Street at the southern edge of Lakeside Cemetery. The granite ashlar Greek Revival style building was built around 1848 and has a pedimented gable on the south side supported by four Doric columns. The building was originally used to house caskets during the winter when the ground was frozen.
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Photos show views of the First Baptist Church located at 8 Lafayette Street on the west side of the Upper Common at the corner of Common Street. Built around 1872, the high style Italianate building has a clapboard exterior and there is a large two story addition at the rear. In the early 2000s the main east facade and spire had vinyl siding installed, while retaining the elaborate decorations.
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Photos show views of the bandstand on the Lower Common in Wakefield. The wood and granite structure was built in 1885 from a $10,000 bequest Cornelius Sweetser donated to the town for park beautification purposes at the time of the "City Beautiful" movement in America. The bandstand recalls the exotic flavor of England's Brighton Pavilion, but also has details in the Queen Anne style.
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Photos show the house located at 9 White Avenue on the north side of the street near the lake. Built around 1903-1904, the Georgian revival style house is of wood frame construction with a shingle exterior. It was originally owned by local photographer Edward Gleason, who maintained a photography studio in the home.
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Photos show views of the house located at 9 Jordan Terrace on the north side of the street. The address of the house was originally 9 Jordan Avenue, but was changed when the Jordan Terrace cul-de-sac was constructed. The Queen Anne style house was built around 1885 and is clad in clapboards. There is a large attached barn to the west of the main house. The home was built by Dr. Charles Jordan, a local physician, who moved from Avon Street after buying farmland on the west side of town in the 1880s.
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Photos show the building located at 9 Foster Street on the west side of the street between Albion Street and Richardson Avenue. The Queen Anne style structure was built around 1900 as a fire station for the Volunteer Hose No. 2 Company. It was originally more elaborately decorated. The building was painted a deep green color in summer 2008. It is now used for professional offices.
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Photos show views of the house located at 99 Park Avenue at the corner of Prospect Street near the Stoneham town line. The Greek Revival style house was built between 1830 and 1835, and originally stood on Main Street on the site of the Galvin Middle School. It was moved to its present location in 1954.
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Photos show the house located at 98 Prospect Street on the south side of the street at the intersection with Chestnut Street.
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Photos show the house located at 95 Chestnut Street on the north side of the street at the corner of Whittemore Terrace. The Greek Revival house with a Stick Style porch was built in 1849 by Joshua Whittemore. It is of wood frame construction and has a clapboard exterior. Whittemore was known for inventing in 1862 the "Whittemore Patent Elastic Crutch", which he manufactured in an outbuilding behind the house until 1885.
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Photos show the house located at 90 Prospect Street on the south side of the street at the intersection with Velma Road. Despite the Prospect Street address, current driveway access to the house is from Velma Road. Built around 1913, the English cottage style house has a stucco exterior and terra cotta tile roof. The building was designed by Wakefield architect Harland O. Perkins, who lived at 8 Park Street. The house was built for Elizabeth Boit, one of the founders of the Harvard Knitting Mills, and was part of a family compound of similarly styled buildings that included a carriage house at 88 Prospect Street, and the main house at 127 Chestnut Street.
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Photos show the house located at 8 Park Street on the south side of the street near the Common. Built between 1851 and 1856, the Italianate style house is of wood frame construction and has front and side porches and a barn at the rear, added later. The home was built for Dr. Josiah Poland, and by 1874 was the home of James H. Carter, who was instrumental in the building of the Rockery on Main Street. It was later purchased by Harland H. Perkins, an architect who designed three large Craftsman style homes on Prospect Street in 1913 for Elizabeth Boit. From 1942-1944 it was the home of Herbert A. Philbrick, a counterspy who infiltrated several Communist Party organizations in the Boston area, and later testified at the trial of U. S. v. s William Z. Foster, et al. , in New York. He filed his FBI reports from a hidden room in this house, behind the false wall of a cedar closet in the unfinished attic, where he kept a typewriter, dictating and photographic equipment.
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Photos show the house located at 8 Park Avenue on the southwest side of the street near the the intersection with Clarina Street. It is of wood frame construction and has a shingle exterior. The house is in the Wakefield Park neighborhood, the development of which began in 1886. The area was promoted as having a healthful and beautiful environment, with elegant homes and building restrictions.
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Photos show the house located at 88 Prospect Street on the south side of the street at the intersection with Velma Road. Built around 1913, the English cottage style carriage house has a stucco exterior and terra cotta tile roof. The building was designed by Wakefield architect Harland O. Perkins, who lived at 8 Park Street. The carriage house was built for Elizabeth Boit, one of the founders of the Harvard Knitting Mills, and was part of a family compound of similarly styled buildings that included a much larger home at 90 Prospect Street, and the main house at 127 Chestnut Street.
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Photos show the house located at 85 Pleasant Street on the west side of the street between Lawrence Street and Wave Avenue. The house is of wood frame construction and has a small unattached garage.
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Photos show the house located at 7 Salem Street on the north side of the street near the Common. Built between 1855 and 1857, the Italianate style house is clad in asbestos shingles. It was originally owned by John S. Eaton.
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Photos show the house located at 7 Park Avenue on the north side of the street. It is of wood frame construction and has a shingle and clapboard exterior. The house is in the Wakefield Park neighborhood, the development of which began in 1886. The area was promoted as having a healthful and beautiful environment, with elegant homes and building restrictions.
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Photos show the building located at 7 Foster Street on the west side of the street between Albion Street and Richardson Avenue. Built in 1828-1829 on Academy Hill, on the site where the Lincoln School now stands, the structure was originally used as a church meeting house and a school for young men, the South Reading Academy. The town purchased the building in 1847 and used it as a public high school until 1871. In 1891 the building was moved to its current location on Foster Street where it was subsequently used over the years by various fraternal organizations, the Methodist church, and as a restaurant. It currently houses commercial office space. The federal style building has a clapboard and shingle exterior.
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Photos show views of the house located at 7 Eaton Street on the north side of the street. The house was built around 1880, and was owned in the late 19th century by the Sweetser family.
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Photos show views of the house located at 7 Chestnut Street on the north side of the street near Main Street. The Italianate Style house was built between 1855 and 1860. It has an unusual exterior chimney and a bay window framed by pillars on the front porch. The house was owned in the 1870s by A. C. Perkins, who also owned the nearby house at 11 Chestnut Street.
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Photos show views of the house located at 758 Main Street on the east side of the street at the corner of Green Street. The Federal vernacular style house was probably built in the early 1800s but has been substantially altered. It is built into the side of Harts Hill and is two stories in the front and one in the rear. It was once thought to have been an early home of the Green family, built in the 1750s, but is now thought to have been constructed much later and the home of Jonathan Evans.
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Photos show views of the house located at 747 Main Street on the west side of the street near the intersection with Green Street. The house abuts the railroad tracks and Crystal Lake in the rear. The Federal style house was built between 1750 and 1785 and was first inhabited by Charles Green before being acquired by Deacon (and selectman) Daniel Green. In 2008 the house was drastically altered by a major renovation and addition which created condominiums while retaining parts of the original structure.
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Photos show the house located at 72-74 Elm Street on the east side of the street at the corner of Winn Street. The Federal style house was built in 1813-1814. It is of wood frame construction and has a clapboard exterior. One of the front rooms had murals by local artist Rufus Porter. The home was originally built by Major Suell Winn, whose farm was divided in 1844 by the nearby railroad. Ironically, Winn was killed by a train on the way home from a town meeting at which he had vociferously argued for railroad safety crossings. It was later owned by the Purrington family for over 130 years after the Winns.
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Photos show the house located at 71 Prospect Street on the north side of the street opposite Morningside Road. Built around 1764, the saltbox house shows a transition from Georgian to Federal style. It is of wood frame construction and has a clapboard exterior. A carriage house stands in the rear. Various members of the Cowdrey (or Cowdry) family lived in this area, known as Cowdrey's Hill, and this home was owned by Cowdreys until 1866.
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Photos show the house located at 6 Park Avenue on the southeast side of the street near the the intersection with Clarina Street. It is of wood frame construction and has a shingle exterior with a gambrel roof and large front gable. The house is in the Wakefield Park neighborhood, the development of which began in 1886. The area was promoted as having a healthful and beautiful environment, with elegant homes and building restrictions.
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Photos show views of the house located at 6 Eaton Street on the south side of the street. The Italianate style house was built between 1859 and 1870. In the late 19th century it was owned by Nathaniel Cutler, proprietor of the Cutler Brothers grocery store at the corner of Main and Water Streets. The home was originally fronted by a cast iron fence, of which only the granite posts now remain. It is now clad in aluminum siding and contains two apartments.
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Photos show views of the house located at 6 Adams Street on the south side of the street. The house is nestled in a wooded hollow, hidden from street view. The Shingle Style home was built around 1907 and has some Colonial Revival elements, such as diamond paned sash windows. It was originally owned by Grace and Hubbard Mansfield.
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Photos show views of the house located at 695 Main Street on the west side of the street opposite Charles Street. The Second Empire/Mansard style house was built around 1860 and has a deep wraparound porch. The house abuts the railroad tracks and Crystal Lake in the rear.
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Photos show views of the house located at 694 Main Street on the west side of the street at the corner of Summer Street. The Greek Revival style house was built between 1837 and 1841 by Dr. Solon O. Richardson, founder of the Richardson Light Guard, and originally stood near Dr. Richardson's own home at the corner of Main Street and Richardson Avenue. This house was also owned by Richardson and was later moved to its present location. The house now contains apartments.
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Photos show views of the house located at 68 Albion Street on the south side of the street between Main Street and North Avenue. The Italianate Style house with stucco exterior was built between 1870 and 1874. Charles F. Hartshorne was one of the early occupants, if not the home's builder. The building has for many years been the home of Florence's Corsetry and Fashions.
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Photos show views of the house located at 63 Albion Street on the north side of the street between Main Street and North Avenue. The Federal Style house was built between 1845 and 1850 by J. D. Mansfield not long after Albion Street was laid out, but it is more closely identified with John Jenkins, a provisions dealer who owned it from the late 19th century into the early 20th. The house now contains professional offices.
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Photos show the house located at 61 Prospect Street on the north side of the street opposite Morningside Road. Built around 1833, the Federal style house is of wood frame construction and has a clapboard exterior. There are two additions to the rear. Various members of the Cowdrey (or Cowdry) family lived in this area, known as Cowdrey's Hill, and this home was owned by Cowdreys until around 1900.
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Photos show the house located at 5 Park Avenue on the north side of the street opposite Clarina Street. The house is in the Wakefield Park neighborhood, the development of which began in 1886. The area was promoted as having a healthful and beautiful environment, with elegant homes and building restrictions.
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Photos show views of the house located at 5 Linden Avenue on the north side of the street. The house is on the south shore of Crystal Lake. Built around 1858, the Stick Style house was the last of three houses to be built before 1874 on this shore of Crystal Lake, which was then known as Smith's Pond. The Lord family, who lived next door at 7 Linden Avenue, built the home for their daughter. In 2008 the house, known as Lynnwood, was extensively modernized and renovated.
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Photos show views of the house located at 5 Common Street on the west side of the Upper Common next to Town Hall. The colonial revival home is now used for professional offices, and has been substantially altered.
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Photos show the house located at 58 Pleasant Street on the east side of the street near Salem Street. Built in 1930, the Tudor revival cottage style house is of wood frame construction and has a shingle exterior. The house was built for Francis and Sarah Bradford by their son William Bradford, an architect.
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Photos show the former railroad station located at 57 Water Street on the south side of the street opposite Vernon Street. Built around 1870 to 1873, the train station is of wood frame construction and has a deeply overhanging roof. The Center (or Centre) Depot allowed passengers to travel to Peabody and Salem via the South Reading Branch, or Danvers via the Newburyport Branch. The building housed the Depot Restaurant for many years, and now is home to Omelette Headquarters.
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Photos show the house located at 56 Pleasant Street on the east side of the street opposite Pearl Street. Built between 1875 and 1888, the Queen Anne style house is of wood frame construction and has a clapboard and shingle exterior. The house was built by either Moses or Melvin Boardman.
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Photos show the house located at 55 Salem Street opposite Turnbull Avenue. Built around 1795, the Greek Revival style house is set back on a rise and fronted by a granite block retaining wall.
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Photos show the house located at 55 Pleasant Street on the west side of the street at the corner of Pearl Street. Built between 1858 and 1868, the Greek Revival style house is of wood frame construction and has an asbestos shingle exterior. The house was owned in 1869 by James O. Boswell, a Boston lawyer and real estate dealer.
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Photos show views of the house located at 556 Lowell Street on the north side of the street. Built around 1894 for Denis Lyons, the Queen Anne style house was originally set on over 10 acres of land. It is set well back from the road, behind a tall evergreen hedge and fence. A large gambrel roofed carriage house at the rear of the house is now used as a separate dwelling.
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Photos show views of the house located at 54 Spring Street on the south side of the street near the corner of Greenwood Street. The Queen Anne style house was built around 1889-1890 and is now a two-family home. It retains the shingled shed roof hoods over the upper windows, but much of the original shingle detailing has been removed or covered by aluminum siding. The neighborhood was known in the late 19th century as Boyntonville after a local family.
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Photos show the house located at 54 Pleasant Street on the east side of the street opposite Pearl Street. Built between 1875 and 1888, the Queen Anne style house is of wood frame construction and has a clapboard and shingle exterior. The house was built by either Moses or Melvin Boardman.
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Photos show the house located at 52 Salem Street on the south side of the street at the corner of Turnbull Avenue. Built around 1865, the Greek Revival/Italianate style house may have been designed by Alexander Turnbull, a contractor and builder, and was probably originally intended for two families. The house is now clad in vinyl siding. Photos taken at 10:00 a. m. on Tuesday, April 15, 2008. ;Detailed entry in building survey, "The cultural resources of Wakefield", pA79.
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Photos show views of the house located at 52 Oak Street on the north side of the street opposite Orchard Avenue. The Colonial Revival style house has a porte-coch
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Photos show views of the house located at 509 North Avenue in front of Lakeside Cemetery. The Greek Revival style home was built around 1848 and may have been moved to its present site from a nearby location.
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Photos show the house located at 4 Park Avenue on the southeast side of the street near the Wakefield Park gates. It is of wood frame construction and has a shingle exterior. The house is in the Wakefield Park neighborhood, the development of which began in 1886. The area was promoted as having a healthful and beautiful environment, with elegant homes and building restrictions.
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Photo shows the house located at 48 Pleasant Street on the east side of the street at the corner of Emerald Street. The Queen Anne style house was built around 1895.
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Photos show views of the house located at 48 Meriam Street on the east side of the street. The house has a long, thin lot extending along the railroad tracks. Built around 1735 by Samuel Gould, the Georgian home has wood clapboards, a gambrel roof, and two interior chimneys. Dr. Horatio M. Meriam, for whom Meriam Street is named, lived in the house in the 1880s and planted an extensive garden of exotic trees and flowers on the property.
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Photos show views of the house located at 46 Church Street on the south side of the street at the corner of North Avenue. Built around 1814, the Federal style house is of wood frame construction, but has a rear wall of brick. The original gable roof was replaced by a hip roof in the early 2000s.
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Photos show views of the house located at 45 Albion Street on the north side of the street between Foster Street and North Avenue. The Federal style house was built between 1800 and 1830 by John Wiley, whose family were among the first settlers in town. The property has been used as an antique store, and currently houses Best Home Care, a home health care agency.
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Photos show the house located at 458 Lowell Street at the corner of Evangelista Way. Built around 1780, the rural Federal style house has a long 1 story ell at the rear. The rear wall of the main house is red brick. The home may have been built for Daniel Sweetser, but it is better known as the residence of Colonel James Mansfield.
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Photo shows the house located at 44 Lawrence Street on the south side of the street between Pleasant and Vernon Streets. Built between 1890 and 1915, the Colonial Revival style house has a shingle exterior.
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Photos show views of the house located at 44 Church Street on the south side of the street opposite the Hartshorne House. Built around 1790, the Federal style house has wooden clapboards.
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Photos show views of the house located at 43 Spring Street on the north side of the street at the corner of Greenwood Street. The Federal style home was built by Reuben Green around 1788-1790 when the area was still part of Malden. There is a large barn to the rear of the main house. The house was later owned by the Boynton family, which was so well known in the area that the neighborhood was known in the late 19th century as Boyntonville.
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Photos show views of the house located at 42 Hopkins Street on the west side of the street near the Reading town line. The Italianate style house was built in the 1850s. This house replaced the original home on the Hopkins family farm, which was developed for home sites in the 1940s and later. The home was painted in historic colors in 2008.
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Photos show views of the house located at 42 Church Street on the south side of the street opposite the Hartshorne House. Built around 1800, the Federal style house is clad in aluminum siding.
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Photos show the house located at 41 Church Street on the north side of the street near North Avenue. Probably the oldest extant house in Wakefield, the Hartshorne House was built in 1681 by Thomas and Mary Hodgman. It is flanked in the front by two large London plane trees. The original Georgian house was added to during the Federal period. It was for a time known as the Lafayette House because during the ownership of Dr. John Hart, who aquired it in 1792, it was used as an inn named for General Lafayette. The house was purchased in 1803 by Colonel James Hartshorne and his wife Abigail, who lived there until 1870. It is from them that the house takes the name by which it is known today. The property was bought by the town in 1929 and has been managed by the Col. James Hartshorne House Association since 1930.
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Photos show the house located at 39 Sweetser Street on the north side of the street. Built around 1869 to 1874, the Italianate style house is of wood frame construction and has a brick foundation.
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Photos show views of the house located at 39 Converse Street on the north side of the street near the corner of Jordan Avenue. The Queen Anne style house was built around 1880 and is clad in clapboards and shingles. It was renovated in 2008. The house has a number of interesting ornamental details including a window in the roof peak of the transverse gable and a rope molding between the first and second stories.
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Photos show the house located at 391 Vernon Street on the east side of the street opposite Juniper Avenue. This Georgian Style house has an ell built as early as 1680 and larger main portion built around 1750 by Captain William Green. The house was originally located in Lynnfield and it was moved to its present location on the Lynnfield/Wakefield border by Green's son Caleb around 1790.
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Photos show the house located at 38 Salem Street on the south side of the street. Built between 1810 and 1835, the Federal style house has wood clapboards on the front and red brick end walls.
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Photos show the apartments located at 38-48 Richardson Avenue on the south side of the street at the corner of North Avenue. Built around 1912, the building is of wood frame construction with a vinyl sided exterior. It was among the earliest multi-family dwellings in Wakefield. The small windows on the second floor are reminiscent of the Shingle Style.
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Photos show views of the house located at 38 Church Street on the south side of the street opposite the Hartshorne House. Constructed around 1803, the Federal style house was built by Francis Hay. It is of wood construction with red brick ends. The barn in the rear was used as a wheelwright's shop in the early 20th century.
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Photos show views of the house located at 380 Albion Street on the south side of the street at the corner of Green Street on the Stoneham town line. The Craftsman style bungalow was built around 1910 in an area that was once part of Stoneham. The area was annexed by Wakefield in the 1880s.
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Photos show the house located at 37 Wave Avenue on the south side of the street east of Pleasant Street. Built between 1900 and 1905, the Queen Anne style house is of wood frame construction and originally belonged to F. H. Emerson.
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Photos show views of the house located at 379 Albion Street on the north side of the street at the corner of Homestead Lane on the Stoneham town line. The Federal style house was built between 1726 and 1735 in what was then part of Stoneham. The area was annexed by Wakefield in the 1880s. The home was owned by shoemaker D. Horace Tilton, and was also known as the Daniel Hay House.
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Photos show the Wakefield Trust Company building located at 371 Main Street on the west side of the street at the corner of Chestnut Street. Built in 1924, the neo-classical style structure was constructed at a cost of $300,000. It has an exterior of gray limestone. A rear addition was added later, along with a sidewalk window on the Chestnut Street side, and a drive through window at the rear.
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Photos show views of the house located at 36 Lafayette Street overlooking the lake near the corner with Church Street.
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Photos show views of the house located at 36 Church Street on the south side of the street opposite the Floral Way. Built around 1880, the Queen Anne style house has a granite foundation and is clad in aluminum siding.
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Photos show views of the house located at 361 Salem Street on the north side of the street near the intersection with Lowell Street (known as Reid's Corner). The Greek Revival Style cape was built between 1765 and 1776 and may have been built by by John Swain, son of the John Swain who built 339 Salem Street nearby.
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Photos show the apartments located at 35-37 Richardson Avenue on the north side of the street. Built between 1912 and 1915, the Rational Revival style buildings are of wood frame construction with a shingle exterior. The two buildings are mirror images of one other. They were among the earliest multi-family dwellings in Wakefield.
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Photos show views of the house located at 354 Salem Street on the south side of the street near the intersection with Lowell Street (known as Reid's Corner). The Greek Revival Style cape was built between 1835 and 1856 and was occupied by a Mr. Pond during the latter half of the 19th century. It is now occupied by Wal's Dry Cleaning.
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Photo shows the house located at 34 Lawrence Street on the south side of the street between Pleasant and Vernon Streets. Built around 1765 by Joseph Gould, the house has been moved and substantially altered over its lifetime. The distinctive mansard roof and much of the exterior detail were probably added in the 1860s or 1870s when the house was moved from its original location at the corner of Lawrence and Main Streets.
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Photos show views of the house located at 34 Church Street on the south side of the street opposite the Floral Way. Built around 1812, the Greek Revival style house has a granite foundation and has wood clapboards. It was built by William Deadman, Sr. , one of the town's first railroad flagmen.
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Photos show the house located at 33 Salem Street on the northeast corner of the intersection with Pleasant Street. Built between 1810 and 1830, the Federal/Italianate style house is connected to the house at 62 Pleasant Street. It is clad in aluminum siding. The first known resident of the home was shoe cutter Samuel O. Swain.
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Photos show views of the house located at 33 Lafayette Street overlooking the lake at the corner with Church Street.
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Photos show views of the house located at 339 Salem Street on the north side of the street at the intersection with Lowell Street (known as Reid's Corner). The Federal/Greek Revival Style house was built around 1752. It was one of three homes in this area built by members of the Swain family. It is now occupied by two businesses, the Frame Shack picture framing shop, and Sweetbay Flowers, a florist.
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Photos show views of the house located at 32 Morrison Road on the east side of the street between Morrison Avenue and Park Avenue. The Colonial Revival style house was built around 1906-1908 and has a shingle exterior and fieldstone foundation. The house is in the Wakefield Park neighborhood, the development of which began in 1886. The area was promoted as having a healthful and beautiful environment, with elegant homes and building restrictions.
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Photos show views of the house located at 32 Lafayette Street on the south side of the street.
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Photos show views of the building located at 310 Main Street on the east side of the street facing the Rockery. The south side is painted brick. It is currently used for professional offices.
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Photos show views of the house located at 30 Sheffield Road on the east side of the street. The Craftsman style house was built around 1917 and has a stucco exterior.
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Photos show views of the house located at 30 Crescent Street on the east side of the street at the corner of Otis Street. The Eastlake Mansard style house was built between 1865 and 1874, probably for H. D. Smith, a book publisher. It is now clad in vinyl siding and contains apartments.
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Photos show the house located at 2 Nichols Street on the east side of the street at the corner of Prospect Street. Built between 1890 and 1900, the Shingle Style house is of wood frame construction and has a shingle exterior. It was designed and built by a local builder, Berndt Heurlin, who built an identical home nearby at 1 Cedar Place.
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Photos show the house located at 2 Dell Avenue on the east side of the street between Park Avenue and Stedman Street. The house, built around 1905 for Grace Stevenson, is a mix of Colonial Revival and Craftsman styles. It is of wood frame construction and has a shingle and fieldstone exterior. The house is in the Wakefield Park neighborhood, the development of which began in 1886. The area was promoted as having a healthful and beautiful environment, with elegant homes and building restrictions.
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Photos show views of the house located at 28 Lafayette Street on the north side of the street. Constructed around 1834 for John Lambert, the Greek Revival style house is of wood construction with a clapboard exterior. The house is unusual in that it is placed sideways to the street, with the main entrance on the east side.
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Photos show views of the house located at 295 Salem Street on the north side of the street opposite Drummer Lane. The Greek Revival Style house was built between 1840 and 1860. A Queen Anne front porch was added later.
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Photos show views of the house located at 28 Wiley Street on the east side of the street. The brick Federal vernacular style house may have been built as early as 1765, when a map shows the property as "Nat Wiley's old house". However, it is more likely that the brick portion of the building was built later, during the Federal period. The house also has a barn and garage.
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Photos show the house located at 28 Pleasant Street on the east side of the street opposite Eaton Street. Built between 1760 and 1765, the Federal style house with several later alterations is of wood frame construction and has a shingle exterior. The house was originally the home of John Batchelor, and was later known as the Thomas Evans house after its owner, shoe manufacturer Thomas Evans, Jr. and was located at 9 Salem Street. It was moved by Sumner Pratt around 1846 to its current location.
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Photos show views of the house located at 28 Lafayette Street on the south side of the street. Constructed around 1832, the Federal/Greek Revival style house is of wood construction with a clapboard exterior. The attached barn, now renovated, on the east side was used in the late 19th century as a carpenter's shop.
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Photos show the house located at 28 Cordis Street at the corner of Pleasant Street. Built between 1835 and 1845, the Greek Revival style house has a 2 story ell at the rear and a large wraparound porch with fluted Doric columns. The first owner was Joseph W. Vinton, a tavern owner. It was later owned by John G. Aborn, for whom Aborn Street is named.
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Photos show views of the house located at 288 Water Street Street on the north side of the street at the corner of Newhall Court. The Gothic Revival style house was built between 1850 and 1870 and is now clad in asbestos shingles. In 1857 it was the home of W. Newhall.
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Photos show views of the house located at 284 Salem Street on the south side of the street at the corner of Tyler's Lane. The Italianate style house was built around 1900 and has an elaborate bracketed front door hood.
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Photos show views of the house located at 282 Main Street on the east side of the street at the corner of Bryant Street. The house also incorporates 2 Bryant Street. The Craftsman style home was built around 1910 and has a poured concrete exterior which resembles stucco.
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Photos show views of the house located at 281 Salem Street on the north side of the street at the corner of Marion Circle. The Gothic Revival vernacular style house was built between 1870 and 1889. An original ell extends off the back of the house. The large shed dormer and front gable give the home the appearance of being two stories tall, although it is only one and a half stories.
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Photos show views of the buildings located at 276-278 Water Street Street on the north side of the street between Preston Street and Newhall Court. The brick Renaissance Revival style tenement was built between 1907 and 1922, and its urban mixed-use form is unusual outside of the town's central business district. The 278 portion of the building has a large cast iron cornice. At one point the first floor store front was the meeting place of the local Italian American community's Holy Mary Del Carmen Society.
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Photos show views of the house located at 272 Main Street on the east side of the street at the corner of Pearl Street. The house has a large birch tree at the corner of the property.
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Photos show views of the house located at 270 Main Street on the east side of the street at the corner of Pearl Street.
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Photos show the house located at 26 Salem Street on the south side of the street near the Common. Built around 1800, the Greek revival style house was owned by two sisters, Mary and Nancy Gould, daughters of Joseph Gould, who built several other houses on this stretch of Salem Street. In 2007 the house was completely rebuilt from the foundation up, in the same style, and is now clad in vinyl siding. It now contains four apartments.
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Photos show views of the house located at 26 Francis Avenue on the north side of the street at the corner of Pine Street. The neocolonial Rational Revival style bungalow was built some time between 1907 and 1922. The house is octagonal, clad in shingles and set on a fieldstone foundation.
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Photos show the Wakefield Daily Item building located at 26 Albion Street on the south side of the street at the corner of Foster Street. Built around 1912, the structure has an exterior of red brick, and a cast stone cornice. An original entrance at the corner of Foster and Albion Streets has been closed in, and the original large window bays were filled in with smaller double-hung widows in the 2000's.
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Photos show views of the house located at 269 Salem Street on the north side of the street near Wharton Park. The Federal vernacular style house was built between 1801 and 1812 by Michael Burditt, a local shoemaker.
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Photos show the house located at 25 Park Avenue on the north side of the street at the corner of Summit Avenue. The Colonial Revival Style house was built around 1889. It is of wood frame construction and has a shingle exterior. The house is in the Wakefield Park neighborhood, the development of which began in 1886. The area was promoted as having a healthful and beautiful environment, with elegant homes and building restrictions.
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Photos show the house located at 25 Avon Street on the north side of the street. Built around 1880, the elaborate Queen Anne style house is of wood frame construction and has a shingle and clapboard exterior. It was built on an empty lot owned by Oliver Perkins, who lived next door at 23 Avon Street, where he lived in the 1870s.
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Photos show views of the house located at 259 Water Street Street on the south side of the street at the corner of Del Carmine Street. The house was built in the first decade of the 20th century and was the birthplace of John Anthony Volpe on December 8, 1908. Volpe was elected governor of Massachusetts in 1960, 1964, and 1966. In 1968 he left the governor's position to become the U. S. Secretary of Transportation, and in 1972 was appointed U. S. Ambassador to Italy. The library at Wakefield Memorial High School was named in his honor in 1993, and the school maintains an archive of his papers and effects. He died on November 11, 1994. The home now contains law offices.
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Photos show views of the house located at 258 Main Street on the east side of the street facing the Lower Common.
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Photos show views of the house located at 254 Main Street on the east side of the street facing the Lower Common.
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Photos show the house located at 24 Park Avenue on the south side of the street. The Queen Anne Style house was built around 1890. It is of wood frame construction and has a shingle exterior. The house is in the Wakefield Park neighborhood, the development of which began in 1886. The area was promoted as having a healthful and beautiful environment, with elegant homes and building restrictions.
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Photos show views of the house located at 23 Yale Avenue on the north side of the street. Built around 1863, the Second Empire style home has a mansard roof and cornice brackets.
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Photos show the house located at 23 Salem Street on the north side of the street near the Common. Built around 1795, the Federal vernacular style house is clad in asbestos shingles. An Italianate porch and two story ell were added in the 1850s or 1860s. The house was built by Elias Emerson, who later sold it to Timothy Poole, whose son Franklin Poole, a local artist, was born in 1808.
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Photos show the house located at 23 Lafayette Street on the north side of the street. The wood frame house has a shingle exterior.
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Photos show views of the house located at 23 Eaton Street on the north side of the street at the corner of Pleasant Street. The Federal vernacular style house was built in 1814 by E. S. Upham. The house was condemned and later demolished on August 29, 2016.
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Photos show the house located at 23 Avon Street on the north side of the street. Built around 1855, the Italianate style house is of wood frame construction and has a slate roof. It was owned in the 1870s by Oliver Perkins.
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Photos show views of the house located at 22 Yale Avenue on the south side of the street. The home now also houses a medical office.
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Photos show views of the house located at 22 Valley Street on the east side of the street. The Italianate style house was built between 1860 and 1874 and is now clad in asbestos shingles.
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Photos show the house located at 22 Sweetser Street on the south side of the street. Built between 1857 and 1865, the Gothic revival style house is of wood frame construction. This house was owned in 1857 by H. Burditt, who lived on Main Street and may have used this home as a rental property.
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Photos show views of the house located at 22 Summit Avenue on the east side of the street opposite Morrison Avenue. The house is in the Wakefield Park neighborhood, the development of which began in 1886. The area was promoted as having a healthful and beautiful environment, with elegant homes and building restrictions.
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Photos show the house located at 22 Prospect Street on the south side of the street opposite Elm Street. Built before 1795, the Federal style house is of wood frame construction and has a clapboard exterior. The home was built by physician William Stimpson, and later owned by William Atwell.
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Photos show the house located at 22 Parker Road on the west side of the street at the corner of Friend Street. Built around 1890, the Colonial Revival style house is of wood frame construction and has a clapboard exterior. The house is built on land that was in the 19th century part of the James Eustis farm, from which nearby Eustis Street takes its name.
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Photos show the house located at 21 Lafayette Street on the north side of the street. Built around 1830, the Federal style house had a substantial attic renovation in the late 20th century.
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Photos show views of the house located at 21 Eaton Street on the north side of the street near the corner of Pleasant Street. The Greek Revival Style house was built between 1840 and 1856. It was owned by tailor and postmaster Samuel Kingman, who built the Kingman Block on Main Street, from around 1856 until his death in 1880.
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Photos show views of the house located at 20 Yale Avenue on the south side of the street. The home was built in 1877.
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Photos show the house located at 20 Park Avenue on the south side of the street. It is of wood frame construction and has a clapboard exterior. The house is in the Wakefield Park neighborhood, the development of which began in 1886. The area was promoted as having a healthful and beautiful environment, with elegant homes and building restrictions.
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Photos show the house located at 20 Lawrence Street on the south side of the street. Built in the 1880s, the Queen Anne style house is of wood frame construction and clad in shingles. The house was built by Edwin C. Miller, son of Henry Miller who owned the Miller Piano Company in Wakefield.
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Photos show the house located at 20 Hancock Road on the west side of the street. Built between 1860 and 1875, the Italianate style house was moved to its present location when Hancock Road was laid out after the Second World War. The home may have originally been a carriage house or servants' quarters on the nearby Beebe Farm.
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Photos show views of the house located at 20 Eaton Street on the south side of the street. The cape style house was built around 1835 and has two internal chimneys.
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Photos show the house located at 202 Main Street on the eastern shore of Lake Quannapowitt. Built around 1888-1889, the Mansard/Second Empire style house is now used as the Kirkwood Nursing Home. The house has a large porte-coch
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Photos show the house located at 1 Woodcrest Drive at the corner of Vernon Street. Built around 1789, the Federal style house has a one and a half story addition at the rear, as well as a newer porch. It has two internal chimneys.
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Photos show views of the building located at 1 Salem Street on the north side of the street at the corner of Main Street. The Mediterranean style building has a stucco exterior and terra cotta tile roof. It is currently used for apartments.
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Photos show the house located at 1 Prospect Street on the south side of the street at the corner of Cedar Street near the railroad tracks. Built before 1750, with later renovations, the Federal style house is of wood frame construction and has a clapboard exterior. The site was the location of the homestead of Deacon Thomas Kendall, one of the town's earliest settlers. The house was reconstructed during the residence of a later owner, James Emerson, perhaps in the 1780s.
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Photos show views of the house located at 1 Morrison Avenue on the north side of the street at the corner of Summit Avenue. The Tudor Revival style house was built around 1890 and has a shingle exterior. The house is in the Wakefield Park neighborhood, the development of which began in 1886. The area was promoted as having a healthful and beautiful environment, with elegant homes and building restrictions.
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Photos show the house located at 1 Elm Street on the west side of the street at the corner of Prospect Street near the railroad tracks. Part of the house was built before 1770, and there is a later Greek Revival style addition at the north end, built around 1830. The house is of wood frame construction and has a clapboard exterior. The house is known as the Captain Goodwin House after the original builder, but it is also associated with James Eustis, who owned the house in the 19th century, along with a substantial farm in this part of town. Nearby Eustis Avenue is named after him.
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Photos show the house located at 1-3 Clarina Street on the east side of the street. The house is in the Wakefield Park neighborhood, the development of which began in 1886. The area was promoted as having a healthful and beautiful environment, with elegant homes and building restrictions.
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Photos show the joined houses located at 19-21 Salem Street on the north side of the street near the Common. Built between 1765 and 1795, the rambling Georgian vernacular style house is clad in wood clapboards. The building is actually two houses which were connected as early as 1795. Originally they were owned by Elizabeth Sweetser and Joseph Gould.
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Photos show the house located at 19 Park Avenue on the north side of the street opposite Dell Avenue. The house is in the Wakefield Park neighborhood, the development of which began in 1886. The area was promoted as having a healthful and beautiful environment, with elegant homes and building restrictions.
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Photos show the house located at 19 Lafayette Street on the north side of the street. Built around 1855, the Italianate style house was later altered to Queen Anne. It is of wood frame construction and has a clapboard and shingle exterior.
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Photos show the house located at 196 Main Street on the eastern shore of Lake Quannapowitt at the corner of Sweetser Street. Built between 1840 and 1856, the Greek Revival style house has wooden clapboards, a front porch with Doric columns, and a three story sunporch on the south side, added in the late 20th century. The house may have originally been built for Hiram Eaton.
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Photos show the house located at 194 Main Street on the eastern shore of Lake Quannapowitt at the corner of Sweetser Street. Built between 1840 and 1856, the Greek Revival style house has wooden clapboards and a swimming pool in the rear.
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Photos show the house located at 193 Vernon Street on the east side of the street near the intersection with Salem Street. Built between 1831 and 1840, the Federal Style house is of wood frame construction with a clapboard exterior and a barn, built after 1889, in the rear. The house has two main entrances, one on the south and one on the west, and is now a two-family home.
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Photos show the house located at 190 Main Street on the eastern shore of Lake Quannapowitt. Built between 1840 and 1856, the Italianate style house has wooden clapboards and several rear extensions leading to an attached barn. The home may have been owned by John S. Eaton.
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Photos show views of the house located at 18 Yale Avenue on the south side of the street. Built around 1863, the home is a typical example of the Italianate style.
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Photos show the house located at 18 Park Avenue on the south side of the street at the corner of Dell Avenue. The Shingle Style house, with Colonial Revival motifs, was built around 1908. It is of wood frame construction and has a shingle exterior. It was originally located at 120 Chestnut Street and later moved to its present site. The house is in the Wakefield Park neighborhood, the development of which began in 1886. The area was promoted as having a healthful and beautiful environment, with elegant homes and building restrictions.
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Photos show the house located at 18 Aborn Avenue on the north side of the street. Built around 1883-1888, the Queen Anne/stick style house is of wood frame construction and has a porte-coch
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Photos show views of the house located at 189 Salem Street on the north side of the street opposite Grand Passway. The home was built around 1930.
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Photos show the house located at 184 Main Street on the eastern shore of Lake Quannapowitt. Probably built between 1840 and 1856, the Greek Revival style house has wooden clapboards and several rear extensions leading to an attached barn.
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Photos show the house located at 17 Main Street opposite Quannapowitt Avenue. Built before 1765, the Federal style house is one and a half stories on the north side and two and a half on the south side. Unusually, it has two interior chimneys. The home is now used for apartments.
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Photos show views of the house located at 17 Eaton Street on the north side of the street. The house was built around 1785, and was owned in the late 19th century by the Dean family.
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Photos show views of the house located at 16 Yale Avenue on the south side of the street.
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Photos show the house located at 16 Park Street on the south side of the street near the Common. Built around 1884 to 1888, the Queen Anne/stick style house is of wood frame construction and has a large addition off the west side.
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Photos show views of the house located at 16 Otis Street on the south side of the street at the corner of Pleasant Street. The Queen Anne style house was built around 1888, and may have been built by William O. Cutter, a local grocer.
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Photo shows the house located at 16 Lawrence Street on the south side of the street near the intersection with Pleasant Street. Built around 1924, the Neo-Federal style stucco house was initially owned by Arthur Evans, probably the grandson of L. B. Evans, founder of a local shoe factory.
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Photos show views of the house located at 168 Salem Street on the south side of the street opposite Tobey Lane. The Federal/Greek Revival Style cape was built between 1812 and 1830.
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Photos show views of the house located at 162 Salem Street on the south side of the street opposite Tobey Lane. The Federal/Greek Revival Style house was built between 1831 and 1850 and has a Queen Anne porch which was added later.
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Photos show the house located at 15 Wave Avenue on the south side of the street near the lake. Built between 1875 and 1883, the Italianate style house is of wood frame construction and originally had Henry Haskell's shoe factory located next door.
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Photo shows the house located at 15 Pleasant Street on the west side of the street at the corner of Otis Street. Built between 1865 and 1874, the Italianate style house was in 1874 the home of Otis W. Waterman, a lawyer and tax collector.
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Photos show the house located at 15 Nahant Street on the south side of the street near the intersection with Main Street. The Georgian home was built as early as 1755, and was moved a short distance from its original location closer to the Nahant/Main Street intersection. The house has a rear ell and a two story "Beverly jog" on the east end.
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Photo shows the house located at 15 Lawrence Street on the north side of the street near the intersection with Pleasant Street. Built around 1870-1874, the Queen Anne style house is of wood frame construction and has a carriage barn to the rear.
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Photos show views of the house located at 15 Chestnut Street on the north side of the street. Built around 1885, the Colonial Revival style house is of wood frame construction and was for a time used as a funeral home.
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Photo shows the former trolley car barns located at 14 Valley Street on the east side of the street near the intersection with Water Street. The brick structure was built around 1890 to serve the Water Street line of the Wakefield and Stoneham Street Railway Company. The large opening at the northwest end allowed trolley cars to enter the building for maintenance and repair. The building was used for many years as a garage for motor vehicle repair. It was demolished on July 23, 2018.
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Photos show views of the house located at 13 Sheffield Road on the east side of the street. The Craftsman style bungalow was built around 1918.
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Photo shows the house located at 131 Vernon Street on the east side of the street near Fitch Court. The simple Greek Revival style cottage was built between 1840 and 1856, and may have been built by its 1857 owner, carpenter Alexander Turnbull.
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Photos show the house located at 12 West Water Street on the south side of the street across from the intersection with Foster Street. The Second Empire style home has a mansard roof and was built around 1860.
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Photos show the house located at 127 Chestnut Street on the southeast corner of the intersection with Prospect Street. Built around 1911, the English cottage style house has a stucco exterior and terra cotta tile roof. A three-car garage was recently added at the rear. The large, three-winged home was designed by Wakefield architect Harland O. Perkins, who lived at 8 Park Street. The home was built for Elizabeth Boit, one of the founders of the Harvard Knitting Mills, and was part of a compound of similarly styled buildings that included 90 Prospect Street, and a smaller carriage house at 88 Prospect Street.
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Photo shows the house located at 125 Vernon Street on the east side of the street between Fitch Court and Emerald Street. The simple Cape style house was built between 1840 and 1845.
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Photos show views of the house located at 123 Greenwood Street on the west side of the street at the corner of Cherry Lane. The Queen Anne Style house is clad in elaborately patterned shingles. It sits on land that was once part of the Reuben Green Farm, which is still extant nearby at the corner of Spring Street. The neighborhood was known in the late 19th century as Boyntonville after a local family.
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Photos show the house located at 122 Chestnut Street on the west side of the street near Park Avenue. This elaborately detailed Queen Anne/Shingle Style house, with Colonial Revival motifs, was built around 1885. It is of wood frame construction and has a shingle exterior adorned with carved and terra cotta panels. The house is at the entrance to the Wakefield Park neighborhood, the development of which began in 1886. The area was promoted as having a healthful and beautiful environment, with elegant homes and building restrictions.
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Photo shows the house located at 121 Vernon Street on the east side of the street between Fitch Court and Emerald Street. The simple Queen Anne style house was built between 1890 and 1910 and probably replaced an earlier house on the site.
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Photos show the house located at 120 Chestnut Street on the west side of the street near Park Avenue. The English Cottage Style house was built between 1915 and 1920. It has a stucco exterior and green tile roof. The site was originally occupied by a Shingle Style house which was moved nearby to 18 Park Avenue and is still extant. This structure was built as a private home, and was the residence of Congressman Harry I. Thayer in 1923. It has been used as a house of worship for the Temple Emmanuel congregation since 1951, when the house was purchased from the Yuell family estate. Extensive renovations were done on the house, and the new sanctuary was dedicated in 1952. The building stands at the entrance to the Wakefield Park neighborhood, the development of which began in 1886. The area was promoted as having a healthful and beautiful environment, with elegant homes and building restrictions.
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Photos show the house located at 11 White Avenue on the north side of the street near the lake. The Queen Anne style house is of wood frame construction with a shingle exterior.
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Photos show the house located at 11 Wave Avenue on the south side of the street near the lake. Built between 1875 and 1888, the Queen Anne/stick style house is of wood frame construction and has a carriage house at the rear.
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Photos show views of the house located at 11 Eaton Street on the north side of the street. The house was built around 1810, and was owned in the late 19th century by the Ripley family.
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Photos show views of the house located at 11 Chestnut Street on the north side of the street near Main Street. The Italianate Style house was built between 1850 and 1855. It has two interior chimneys at the rear. The house was owned in the 1870s by A. C. Perkins, who also owned the nearby house at 7 Chestnut Street.
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Photos show views of the house located at 118 Greenwood Street on the east side of the street near the corner of Spring Street. The Stick Style house was built around 1875. The house sits on land that was once part of the Reuben Green Farm, which is still extant nearby at the corner of Spring Street. The neighborhood was known in the late 19th century as Boyntonville after a local family.
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Photos show the house located at 113 Salem Street on the north side of the street near the intersection with Vernon Street. Built between 1840 and 1857, the small building was originally a shoe shop owned by David Nichols. At only 660 square feet, it may well be the smallest house in Wakefield.
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Photos show views of the house located at 10 Melvin Street on the east side of the street near Water Street. The Italianate style house was built between 1912 and 1920 and is now clad in asbestos shingles and contains apartments.
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Photos show views of the house located at 10 Eaton Street on the south side of the street. Porter Smith originally owned the property now comprising 10 and 12 Eaton Streets. Around 1890, he split the land into two lots, building and moving into what is now 12 Eaton Street. This adjacent house at number 10 was built sometime between 1891 and 1898. From 1899 to 1924 it was occupied by Frank W. Smith. The home is most closely identified with the Spaulding and Bonney families, connected with the Bonney & Dutton Drug Store, who lived there from 1931 through 1953.
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Photos show the house located at 10 Crescent Street on the east side of the street near the intersection with Main Street. Built around 1785, the Federal style house has a large recent addition to the north and is clad in vinyl siding. The property was originally the home of Lilley Eaton, Sr. , and was later divided into two homes. It is now used as professional office space.
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Photos show views of the house located at 10 Avon Street on the south side of the street near Main Street. The Colonial Revival Style house was built in the 1880s as a double house. It now contains apartments.
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Photos show views of the granite memorial with a bronze plaque listing Wakefield's casualties in the Great War. The monument is located near the south end of the Upper Common.
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Photos show views of the World War Two Memorial on the Common approximately opposite Park Street, financed by citizens' donations to commemorate Wakefield's casualties. The monument was sponsored by the Corporal Harry E. Nelson Post 63, American Legion, and designed by John H. Rogers.
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Photos show views of the Benjamin B. Wiley house located at 316 Main Street facing the Rockery. Built in 1822 in the Federal style, it is made of brick and has a wooden carriage house in the rear. ;
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Photos show views of the Wakefield family plot in Lakeside Cemetery on North Avenue. The plot with its red granite tomb is located near the corner of "South Avenue" and "Dielytra Path" at the southeast corner of the cemetery near the lake. The Cyruses buried here are not the one for whom the town is named, but rather the first Cyrus' nephew and his son and grandson. Confusingly, Cyrus II's son and grandson were both known as Cyrus Jr. The better known Cyrus, for whom Wakefield is named, is buried in a separate tomb with his wife Eliza elsewhere in the same cemetery. Also buried here is Jasper Young Wakefield, the fourth child of Cyrus II, who "Died June 11, 1883 aged 4 years 11 mos. & 12 days. "
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Photos show views of the granite historical marker located at the extreme northeast corner of the Upper Common at the corner of Main and Church Streets.
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Photos show the Saint Joseph Catholic School at 15 Gould Street in Wakefield. The school is affiliated with St. Joseph's Roman Catholic parish and serves children from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade.
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Photos show the freestanding clock located in front of the Wakefield Savings Bank at the corner of Main and Chestnut Streets. The clock was built around 1902 and is made of steel, copper, and glass.
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Photos show views of the temporary trailer where children can visit Santa Claus each afternoon and evening during the pre Christmas season. The trailer is sponsored by the Wakefield Lions' Club and is located on the Upper Common each December.
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Photos show the Jonathan Pierpont grave stone in the Old Burying Ground on Church Street. Pierpont was the fourth minister in Redding, where he was ordained in 1689. The slate headstone was carved by Joseph Lamson, the foremost carver of the Puritan period, and is widely considered one of the best examples of Puritan cemetery carving in the United States. It is located at the east end of the cemetery, close to the Congregational Church.
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Photos show various views of the Old Burying Ground on Church Street. The cemetery includes the earliest gravestones in Wakefield, from the late 17th century, although the majority of stones date from the 18th and 19th centuries. The last death date is 1926. There are approximately 600 stones in the burial ground. ;
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Photos show various views of the Old Burying Ground on Church Street. The cemetery includes the earliest gravestones in Wakefield, from the late 17th century, although the majority of stones date from the 18th and 19th centuries. The last death date is 1926. There are approximately 600 stones in the burial ground.
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Photos show the Odd Fellows Building, also known as Flanley's Block, located at 349-353 Main Street at the corner of Avon Street. The brick building was built circa 1895-1898 in the Renaissance revival style. Wakefield furniture dealer John Flanley originally built the structure, but it was taken over by the Odd Fellows fraternal organization in 1918. On January 24, 1997, the building was gutted by a major fire, believed to have started in a second floor office. The structure was subsequently restored and renovated for office space by the adjacent Wakefield Savings Bank.
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Photos show the Montrose School on Salem Street near Wharton Park in the Montrose section of Wakefield. The school was built in 1918 and remodeled and enlarged in 1930.
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Photos show views of the Lincoln School, built in 1895 in the Romanesque revival style. It is located at the corner of Crescent and Otis Streets. The building is how used for elderly housing under the aegis of the Wakefield Housing Authority.
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Photos show views of the chapel in Lakeside Cemetery on North Avenue, on the west shore of Lake Quannapowitt. The cemetery was established in 1846, and the Gothic chapel, designed by architect Edward M. Bridge, was built in 1932. After several land acquisitions, the cemetery is now about 22 acres in size.
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Photos show views of Lakeside Cemetery on North Avenue, on the west shore of Lake Quannapowitt. The cemetery was established in 1846, and its Gothic chapel was built in 1932. After several land acquisitions, the cemetery is now about 22 acres in size.
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Photos show front and rear views of the granite memorial with a bronze plaque listed Wakefield's casualties in the two wars. The monument is located at the extreme south end of the Upper Common.
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Photos show views of the granite memorial with a bronze plaque listing Wakefield's firefighters who have died. The monument is located near the chapel at the entrance to Lakeside Cemetery on North Avenue.
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Photos show views of the Crystal Apartment building located at 294-298 Main Street facing the Common between Park and Crescent Streets. Built in 1924 by John S. Griffiths in the neo-Federal style, it was the largest apartment building in Wakefield at the time.
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Photos show views of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, a granite column erected in 1902 to commemorate Wakefield's Civil War casualties. The monument is located on the Common approximately opposite Bryant Street. It was funded by a $10,000 bequest from the will of local resident Harriet Newell Flint. The band stand is visible in the background of the first photo. "Given to the town of Wakefield by Harriet Newell Flint" - text from north side of monument. "To the men of South Reading who gave their lives to keep the states united 1861-1865" - text from south side of monument. Monument lists the battles in which Wakefield soldiers participated: New Berne, Malvern Hill, Chancellorsville, Weldon Railroad, Fort Fisher, Charleston, Brandy Station, Resaca, Appomattox, Andersonville, Bull Run, Balls Bluff, Fredericksburg, Wilderness, Petersburg, Antietam, Port Hudson, Aldie, Gettysburg, Spottsylvania.
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Photos show views of the Beebe family plot in Lakeside Cemetery on North Avenue. The plot is located near the corner of "Elm Avenue" and "Gooseberry Path" at the eastern edge of the cemetery near the lake.
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Photos show views of the 9/11 memorial located at the corner of Main and Church Streets on the southeast corner of the Lower Common.
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Photos show views of the house located at 40 Crescent Street on the east side of the street. Built in 1839, the Greek Revival house is known as the Abel F. Hutchinson house after its builder, a shoe maker.
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Photos show views of the house located at 40 Church Street on the south side of the street opposite the Hartshorne House. Built around 1804, the Federal style house is known as the Ebenezer Wiley house after its builder. The house was constructed from a tin shop which was located on the site.
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Photos show views of the house located at 3 Common Street on the west side of the Upper Common. Built around 1855, the Italianate house is of wood frame construction. It was built by John Francis Hartshorne, the son of Colonel James Hartshorne who lived on nearby Church Street in the Hartshorne House.
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Photos show views of the house located at 34 Salem Street on the southeast corner of the intersection with Pleasant Street. Built around 1819-1820, the large Federal style house was build by contractor Elias Boardman, who had also done construction work on Beacon Hill in Boston. The house was considered so extravagant at the time that it was known locally as "Boardman's Folly". A rear ell and garage were added later. The home is now broken into apartments.
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Photos show views of the house located at 34 Lafayette Street on the south side of the street near the intersection with Church Street. Built around 1835, the Federal style house is of wood frame construction and has a Greek Revival style front porch which has a view of Lake Quannapowitt.
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Photos show the house located at 284 Main Street at the corner of Park Street. Built in 1931, the house is of multicolored brick construction and faces the Upper Common.
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Photos show the house located at 266 Main Street at the southeast corner of the interesection with Salem Street. Built in 1903, the five bedroom Queen Anne style house is of wood construction and overlooks the Common. It is now clad in vinyl siding.
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Photos show views of the house located at 25 Yale Avenue on the north side of the street. Built around 1865, the home is a typical example of the Italianate style.
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Photos show the house located at 252 Main Street. Built around 1818, the Federal style house is of brick construction and overlooks the Lower Common. The house was originally built for a member of the well-known Eaton family and has Rufus Porter murals on the living room walls.
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Photos show views of the house located at 24 Yale Avenue on the south side of the street. Built around 1863, the Italianate and stick style house now houses legal offices. A carriage house and garage are located to the rear of the main home.
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Photo shows the house located at 23 Lawrence Street at the corner of Pleasant Street. Built around 1890, the Colonial revival style house is of wood frame construction and has a garage and barn.
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Photos show views of the house located at 21 Yale Avenue on the north side of the street. Built around 1870, the house is of wood frame construction and is a good example of the Queen Anne style.
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Photos show views of the house located at 21 Chestnut Street on the north side of the street. Built around 1850, the Italianate house is of wood frame construction and was once owned by Frank and Ruth Woodbury, who were active in town history and affairs. The house was designed by architect John Stevens.
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Photos show views of the house located at 1 Common Street on the west side of the Upper Common. Built between 1812 and 1820, the Federal style house now houses legal offices. A garage and outbuilding are located in the rear. 7. ;
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Photos show views of the house located at 15 Eaton Street on the north side of the street. Built in 1840, the house is of wood frame construction and has several additions.
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Photos show views of the building located at 13-15 Albion Street on the north side of the street. Built around 1906, the yellow brick building has businesses on the ground floor and apartments above. It is in Renaissance revival style and has four copper-clad bay windows on the upper floors.
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Photos show views of the house formerly located at 120 Main Street facing Lake Quannapowitt. The house was built around 1948 and was of wood construction with a brick exterior. The front of the house had a large portico with four Ionic columns. The home was demolished in December 2007 to make way for a 12-lot subdivision called Carriage Lane.
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Photos show views of the house located at 114 Main Street facing Lake Quannapowitt. Built before 1750, the house is of wood frame construction and was built by Dr. Thomas Simpson.
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Photos show views of the Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church at 1155 Main Street on the west side of the street opposite Coolidge Park in the Greenwood section of Wakefield. After holding Masses for years at the local fire station, Catholics in the Greenwood section of Wakefield succeeded in raising enough money to build a proper chapel, where the first Mass was celebrated in the Shingle Style church in 1927. It remained a "mission" church of St. Joseph's until 1931, when a new parish was announced including Greenwood and parts of Melrose and Saugus. The wings were added in the 1940s and the building was expanded further in the late 20th century.
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Photos show the house located at 12 Salem Street on the south side of the street near the Common. Built between 1831 and 1873, the Federal style house has an Italianate porch which was probably added in the 1860s or 1870s. In 1874 it was the home of Daniel Swett.
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Photos show views of the building located at 306 Main Street on the east side of the street at the corner of Crescent Street. The building also incorporates 1 Crescent Street. It was originally built as a shoe factory around 1800 by Benjamin Wiley, who later built the adjacent brick house in 1822. He converted this building to his home in 1850 after selling the brick house to his son Ebenezer. It is currently used for professional offices and apartments.
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Photo shows the Montrose drive-in restaurant and ice cream stand, also known as the Montrose dairy, located on Salem Street opposite Audubon Road. The building was demolished in September 2007 to make way for a Dunkin Donuts.
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Photo shows the MBTA railroad depot between North Avenue and Tuttle Street in Wakefield. The building opened in 1890 and was known as the Upper Depot. For many years the brick structure was painted red, but in 2006 it was repainted with the current Victorian era color scheme. It now contains office and business space.
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Photo shows Most Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church at 1155 Main Street in the Greenwood section of Wakefield. Th church was built in the shingle style in 1927 and has been enlarged since then.
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Photo shows Saint Florence's Roman Catholic Church at 47 Butler Avenue. The church was built in 1960.
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Photo shows the Studio School in Wakefield.
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Photo shows the Warren School at 30 Converse Street on the West Side of Wakefield. The school was built in 1895, and now houses the town's senior center, run by the Wakefield Council on Aging.
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Photo shows the Hurd School on the northwest corner of Cordis and Pleasant Streets in the North Ward section of Wakefield. The school was built in 1898. It closed in the early 2000s.
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Photo shows the Greenwood School on the east side of Main Street, number 1030 in the Greenwood section of Wakefield. The school was built in 1897, and remodeled and enlarged in 1902 and again in 1924.
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Photo depicts the Wakefield Ready Mixed Concrete Company plant located at 1 New Salem Street.
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Photo depicts the Greenwood Pharmacy located at 949 Main Street. The pharmacy was owned by the Velardo family for over 50 years at that location. It closed on Wednesday, December 26, 2007.
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Photo depicts the Wakefield Bowladrome located at 92 Water Street.
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The West Ward School, also known as the "Little Red Schoolhouse", was built in 1847. It is located on Prospect Street at the intersection with Elm Street.
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Photo shows a view of Lakeside Cemetery on North Avenue, on the west shore of Lake Quannapowitt. This view was taken from the eastern shore of the Lake, near the intersection of Main and Sweetser Streets. The cemetery was established in 1846, and its Gothic chapel was built in 1932. After several land acquisitions, the cemetery is now about 22 acres in size.
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Photo shows the William Hescy grave stone in the Old Burying Ground on Church Street. The stone is located at the west end of the cemetery.
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Photo shows the William Green grave stone in the Old Burying Ground on Church Street. The stone is located at the east end of the cemetery
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Photo shows the Thomas Parker grave stone in the Old Burying Ground on Church Street. The stone is located at the west end of the cemetery.
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Photo shows the Matthew Edwardes grave stone in the Old Burying Ground on Church Street. The stone is located at the east end of the cemetery.
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Photo shows the Sarah Briant grave stone in the Old Burying Ground on Church Street.
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Photo shows the Elizabeth Browne grave stone in the Old Burying Ground on Church Street. The stone is located at the west end of the cemetery.
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Photo shows the Deacon Thomas Kendel grave stone in the Old Burying Ground on Church Street. The slate headstone was carved by the "Charlestown Carver", and is considered one of the earliest and best examples of Puritan cemetery carving in New England. Various sources date the stone to 1678, although others record Kendall's death in 1684.
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Photo shows the house located at 21 Park Avenue on the north side of the street near Dell Avenue. The house is in the Wakefield Park neighborhood, the development of which began in 1886. The area was promoted as having a healthful and beautiful environment, with elegant homes and building restrictions.
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Photo shows a view of Centre Street looking west from Crescent Street towards Main Street. On the left is the 2004 Public Safety Building. In the middle ground the rear of CVS pharmacy can be seen on the left, and the rear of Alano department store on the right. In the far distance, on Main Street the tops of the Bourdon (Kingman) Block and Sovereign Bank are visible.
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Photo shows a view of Princess Street (originally Mechanic Street) looking west from Crescent Street towards Main Street. On the right is the 2004 Public Safety Building, with the 1891 brick hose drying tower visible.
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Photo shows a view of the building housing the offices of the Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department, located at 9 Albion Street on the north side of the street. The brick building was built for the Wakefield Post Office in 1924 and used by them until 1937. The WMGLD purchased it in 1947.
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Photo shows the brick hose drying tower, originally part of the 1891 central fire station at the corner of Crescent and Princess Streets. The tower was the only part of the building that was saved and incorporated into the new Public Safety Building, housing both the police and fire departments, which opened March 31, 2004.
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Photo shows a view of the granite historical marker located at the extreme south end of the Upper Common. "Historical Linn Village 1639, Original town of Redding 1644, South Reading 1812, Wakefield 1868, Height above sea level 120 feet, This stone is placed here by one hundred of the townspeople A. D. 1909" - text from south (front) side of monument.