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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.
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 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 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.
The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1] The junction around which the village grew was created in 1778, when the road branching northeast was laid out in the direction of Parsonsfield, Maine. Most of the houses in the district date roughly from this time to the 1820s, and are either vernacular or Federal ...
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
Originally listed as the Old Town Hall Historic District; new name and boundaries represent a boundary increase of October 18, 1983: 13: Essex Institute Historic District: Essex Institute Historic District: June 22, 1972 : 134-132, 128, 126 Essex St. and 13 Washington Sq., W.
The Michael Sweetser House is a historic house at 15 Nahant Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts. The 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story timber-frame house was built c. 1755 by Michael Sweetser, an early settler of the area. It is traditionally Georgian in character, although its front door surround was added during Greek Revival period of the mid 19th century.