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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.
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]
Wakefield Park: Wakefield Park: March 2, 1990 : Roughly Park Ave. between Summit Ave. and Chestnut St. A late 19th century "garden suburb" residential subdivision. 86: Wakefield Rattan Co. Wakefield Rattan Co. July 6, 1989 : 134 Water St.
The Wakefield National Memorial Association was formed in 1923 to restore the property. In 1930, the grounds were authorized by Congress as a U.S. National Monument. In 1931, the Wakefield Association received a grant from John D. Rockefeller Jr., to acquire and transfer a total of 394 acres (1.59 km 2) of land to the Federal government.
Pontefract is a historic market town in the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. It lies to the east of Wakefield and south of Castleford. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is one of the towns in the City of Wakefield district and had a population of 30,881 at the 2011 Census. [1] [2]
A decision was made, in 2004, to transfer the district's extensive council housing to Wakefield and District Housing (WDH), an 'independent' housing association, who would be more efficient with repairs and maintaining decent accommodation; as council housing represented almost 30% of the district, this was the second-largest stock transfer in ...
September 28, 1987 (Sippican Harbor: Marion: 6: Blanchard Plat Historic District: February 13, 2025 (4-17 Carleton St, 10-79 Ellsworth St, 70 Highland St, 4-18 Montgomery St, 101-138 Newbury St, 3-18 North Arlington St, 195-249 West Elm St
The Elizabeth Boit House is a historic house at 127 Chestnut Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts.. Elizabeth Boit, co-founder of the Harvard Knitting Mills, also built on the west side, creating an estate compound on the summit of Cowdry's Hill that included three residences, formal gardens, a playhouse, and greenhouse.