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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.
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.
Wakefield has good access to the motorway system, with the intersection of the M1 and M62 motorways, junctions 42/29, lying to the north west, whilst the M1 to the west is accessed at junctions 39, 40 and 41. The A1(M) is to the east of the district. Wakefield is crossed by the A61, A638, and A642 roads and is the starting point of the A636 and ...
The southern part of the city of Boston is the location of 186 of these properties and districts, including 13 National Historic Landmarks. Two historic districts overlap into both northern and southern Boston: milestones that make up the 1767 Milestones are found in both areas, and the Olmsted Park System extends through much of the city.