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This is a list of properties and historic districts in Wakefield, Massachusetts, that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as:
Wakefield Park Historic District is a residential historic district encompassing a portion of a late-19th/early-20th century planned development in western Wakefield, Massachusetts. The district encompasses sixteen properties on 8 acres (3.2 ha) of land out of the approximately 100 acres (40 ha) that comprised the original development.
These properties were built primarily for Boston businessmen, and mark the start of Wakefield's transition to a suburb. [ 2 ] The district, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, [ 1 ] consists of five houses (16-24) on the south side of Yale Street, and three (21-25) directly opposite on the north side.
Beebe Homestead, also known as the Lucius Beebe House and Beebe Farm, is a historic Federal period home at 142 Main Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts, which was built during the federal era that extended from the late 18th-century into the 1820s. It is suspected to have been remodeled into the federal style from an earlier home built in circa ...
The Common District encompasses the main civic center of Wakefield, Massachusetts. It is centered on the historic town common, just south of Lake Quannapowitt, which was laid in 1644, when it became the heart of Old Reading. The area was separated from Reading as South Reading in 1818, and renamed Wakefield in 1868. [2]
The House at 1 Woodcrest Drive in Wakefield, Massachusetts is a well-preserved late 18th-century Federal-style house. Built c. 1789, the 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story timber-frame house has a typical five-bay front facade with center entry, and two interior chimneys.
The House at 26 Francis Avenue in Wakefield, Massachusetts is a Colonial Revival octagon house.The shingle-clad wood-frame house rests on a high fieldstone foundation, is 2 stories at its rear and 1-1/2 in front, and has the appearance of a square house with four square sections projecting diagonally from each of its corners.
The House at 20 Lawrence Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts is a complex residential structure with elements of Queen Anne, Stick style, and Colonial Revival style. Built about 1880, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]