Historic Sites

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Contents 1 General Information 2 External Reference Links 3 List of Wakefield National Register properties cataloged by Beebe Library 4 List of Additional Significant sites from "The Cultural Resources of Wakefield" cataloged by Beebe Library

General Information

Wakefield has hundreds of sites of historic or architectural interest, including public buildings, private homes, schools, churches, and historical monuments. Many of them are on the National Register of Historic Places, and others were researched as part of an architectural survey project done in the mid 1980s, which resulted in "The cultural resources of Wakefield".

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation. The passing of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in 1966 established the National Register and the process for adding properties to it. Of the more than one million properties on the National Register, 80,000 are listed individually. The remainder are contributing members within historic districts. Each year approximately 30,000 properties are added to the National Register as part of districts or through individual listings.

Wakefield currently has over 150 properties listed on the National Register, the majority of which are private homes. There are also four historic districts, which encompass multiple buildings: The Common District, the Yale Avenue Historic District, the Church Street-Lafayette Street Historic District, and the Wakefield Park District, which includes Park Avenue between Summit Avenue and Chestnut Street.

Most of the National Register properties are included in the building survey "The cultural resources of Wakefield", prepared in 1986 by Architectural Preservation Associates, for the Wakefield Historical Commission and assisted by the Wakefield Historical Society and the Wakefield Center Neighborhood Association. The Lucius Beebe Memorial Library has copies of the survey, and also has cataloged a number of the listed properties, with photos, in its online catalog (see links below). In addition, the survey also includes about 250 additional "significant sites" which are not on the National Register, but merit special attention because of their age, architecture, or connection to Wakefield's history. They are listed separately below. The Lucius Beebe Memorial Library is currently photographing and cataloging these sites in an ongoing project. Properties already completed will have a live link to the catalog information in the lists below. The same information is also viewable in map form via "Visual Wakefield" using Google Maps or Google Earth.

Further information about historic properties can be obtained by contacting the Wakefield Historical Commission and the Wakefield Historical Society directly.

External Reference Links

• Wikipedia entry for National Register
• Official Site of the National Register
• Search the National Register database by location
• Complete list of Wakefield National Register properties from the Wakefield Historical Commission
• List of Wakefield's significant properties from the Wakefield Historical Commission - Properties listed in "The Cultural Resources of Wakefield".
• Visual Wakefield - Beebe Library's Google map highlighting local historic homes and sites
• Catalog record for "The Cultural Resources of Wakefield"

List of Wakefield National Register properties cataloged by Beebe Library

• 18 Aborn Avenue - (Find on Map)

• 6 Adams Street - (Find on Map)

• 26 Albion Street - Wakefield Item Building - (Find on Map)

• 379 Albion Street - D. Horace Tilton House - (Find on Map)

• 380 Albion Street - (Find on Map)

• 23 Avon Street - (Find on Map)

• 25 Avon Street - (Find on Map)

• Beacon Street Tomb - (Find on Map)

• 5 Bennett Street - Elizabeth E. Boit Home for Aged Women - (Find on Map)

• 5 Bryant Street - Emmanuel Episcopal Church (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 15 Chestnut Street - (Find on Map)

• 21 Chestnut Street - (Find on Map)

• 95 Chestnut Street - (Find on Map)

• 120 Chestnut Street - Temple Emmanuel (Part of Wakefield Park Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 122 Chestnut Street (Part of Wakefield Park Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 127 Chestnut Street - Elizabeth E. Boit House - (Find on Map)

• Church Street - Old Burying Ground (Part of Church-Lafayette Streets Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 1 Church Street - First Parish Congregational Church (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 34 Church Street (Part of Church-Lafayette Streets Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 36 Church Street (Part of Church-Lafayette Streets Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 38 Church Street (Part of Church-Lafayette Streets Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 40 Church Street (Part of Church-Lafayette Streets Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 41 Church Street - Colonel James Hartshorne House (Part of Church-Lafayette Streets Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 42 Church Street (Part of Church-Lafayette Streets Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 44 Church Street (Part of Church-Lafayette Streets Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 46 Church Street (Part of Church-Lafayette Streets Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 1-3 Clarina Street (Part of Wakefield Park Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• The Common - Wakefield Lower Common (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• The Common - Wakefield Upper Common (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• The Common - Bandstand on Wakefield Lower Common (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• The Common - Civil War Monument on Wakefield Upper Common (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• The Common - Linn Village Monument on Wakefield Upper Common (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• The Common - Korean & Vietnam War Memorial on Wakefield Upper Common (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• The Common - World War I Memorial on Wakefield Upper Common (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• The Common - World War II Memorial on Wakefield Upper Common (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 1 Common Street (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 3 Common Street (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 5 Common Street (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 30 Converse Street - The H.M. Warren School - (Find on Map)

• 39 Converse Street - (Find on Map)

• 28 Cordis Street - (Find on Map)

• 40 Crescent Street - (Find on Map)

• 2 Dell Avenue (Part of Wakefield Park Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 1 Elm Street - Captain Goodwin/James Eustis House - (Find on Map)

• 72-74 Elm Street - Suell Winn House - (Find on Map)

• 30 Farm Street - Woodville School (demolished) - (Find on Map)

• 7 Foster Street - South Reading Academy - (Find on Map)

• 26 Francis Avenue - (Find on Map)

• 15 Gould Street - St. Joseph's School - (Find on Map)

• 118 Greenwood Street - (Find on Map)

• 20 Hancock Road - (Find on Map)

• 42 Hopkins Street - (Find on Map)

• 9 Jordan Terrace - The Dr. Charles Jordan House (Find on Map)

• 1 Lafayette Street - Town Hall (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 8 Lafayette Street - First Baptist Church (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 28 Lafayette Street (Part of Church-Lafayette Streets Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 29 Lafayette Street (Part of Church-Lafayette Streets Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 32 Lafayette Street (Part of Church-Lafayette Streets Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 33 Lafayette Street (Part of Church-Lafayette Streets Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 34 Lafayette Street (Part of Church-Lafayette Streets Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 36 Lafayette Street (Part of Church-Lafayette Streets Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 15 Lawrence Street - (Find on Map)

• 20 Lawrence Street - (Find on Map)

• 23 Lawrence Street - (Find on Map)

• 5 Linden Avenue - Lynnwood - (Find on Map)

• 458 Lowell Street - The Daniel Sweetser House - (Find on Map)

• 556 Lowell Street - (Find on Map)

• Main Street - The Rockery (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 17 Main Street - Woodward Homestead - (Find on Map)

• 114 Main Street - Dr. Thomas Simpson House - (Find on Map)

• 142 Main Street - The Beebe Homestead - (Find on Map)

• 190 Main Street - (Find on Map)

• 196 Main Street - (Find on Map)

• 252 Main Street - (Find on Map)

• 254 Main Street (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 258 Main Street (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 266 Main Street (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 270 Main Street (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 272 Main Street (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 282 Main Street (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 284 Main Street (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 294-298 Main Street - Crystal Apartments (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 306 Main Street (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 310 Main Street (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 316 Main Street (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 317 Main Street (Part of Common Historic District) - YMCA Building (currently being renovated) - (Find on Map)

• 321 Main Street - Post Office (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 326 Main Street - Unitarian Universalist Church (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 345 Main Street - Lucius Beebe Memorial Library (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 349-353 Main Street - Flanley's Block (Odd Fellows Building) - (Find on Map)

• 371 Main Street - Wakefield Trust Company Building - (Find on Map)

• 467 Main Street - Massachusetts State Armory (Americal Civic Center) - (Find on Map)

• 694 Main Street - The Dr. Solon O. Richardson House - (Find on Map)

• 747 Main Street - The Deacon Daniel Green House - (Find on Map)

• 13 Mansion Road - The Charles Winship House - (Find on Map)

• 48 Meriam Street - The Samuel Gould House - (Find on Map)

• 1 Morrison Avenue - (Find on Map)

• 20 Morrison Road (currently being renovated) - (Find on Map)

• 32 Morrison Road - (Find on Map)

• 15 Nahant Street - The Michael Sweetser House - (Find on Map)

• 2 Nichols Street - (Find on Map)

• North Avenue - Lakeside Cemetery Chapel - (Find on Map)

• North Avenue - Temple Israel Cemetery - (Find on Map)

• 509 North Avenue - (Find on Map)

• 4 Oak Street - Greenwood Union Church - (Find on Map)

• 52 Oak Street - (Find on Map)

• 4 Park Avenue (Part of Wakefield Park Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 5 Park Avenue (Part of Wakefield Park Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 6 Park Avenue (Part of Wakefield Park Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 7 Park Avenue (Part of Wakefield Park Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 8 Park Avenue (Part of Wakefield Park Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 18 Park Avenue (Part of Wakefield Park Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 19 Park Avenue (Part of Wakefield Park Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 20 Park Avenue (Part of Wakefield Park Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 21 Park Avenue (Part of Wakefield Park Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 24 Park Avenue (Part of Wakefield Park Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 25 Park Avenue (Part of Wakefield Park Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 8 Park Street - (Find on Map)

• 18 Park Street - (Find on Map)

• 22 Parker Road - (Find on Map)

• 1 Prospect Street - The Deacon Thomas Kendall House - (Find on Map)

• 22 Prospect Street - The William Stimpson House - (Find on Map)

• 39 Prospect Street - The West Ward School - (Find on Map)

• 61 Prospect Street - The Jonas Cowdrey House - (Find on Map)

• 71 Prospect Street - The Nathaniel Cowdrey House - (Find on Map)

• 88 Prospect Street - (Find on Map)

• 90 Prospect Street - (Find on Map)

• 35-37 Richardson Avenue - (Find on Map)

• 38-48 Richardson Avenue - (Find on Map)

• 1 Salem Street (Part of Common Historic District) - (Find on Map)

• 7 Salem Street - (Find on Map)

• 19-21 Salem Street - (Find on Map)

• 23 Salem Street - The Emerson/Franklin Poole House - (Find on Map)

• 34 Salem Street - The Elias Boardman House - (Find on Map)

• 38 Salem Street - (Find on Map)

• 113 Salem Street - (Find on Map)