Wakefield Park Historic District

Historic district in Massachusetts, United States

United States historic place

Wakefield Park

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

U.S. Historic district

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Location| Roughly Park Ave. between Summit Ave. and Chestnut St., Wakefield, Massachusetts
Coordinates| 42°30′3″N 71°5′5″W﻿ / ﻿42.50083°N 71.08472°W﻿ / 42.50083; -71.08472
Architectural style| Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
MPS| Wakefield MRA
NRHP reference No.| 89000755 [1]
Added to NRHP| March 2, 1990

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. Most of the properties in the district are on Park Avenue, with a few located on immediately adjacent streets.[2]

The Wakefield Park development was laid out 1888 by J. S. Merrill, a local developer, on land southwest of the town center that had been used as farmland until the 1850s. Merrill developed some of the properties himself, and instituted deed restrictions on the sale of lots to ensure that the area would contain only high quality upper-middle-class homes. In the 1890s, when development in the area was at its peak, Merrill partnered with Charles Hanks, who successfully marketed the development as a healthy "garden suburb" alternative to city living.[2]

Architecturally, the houses that were built exhibited a variety of styles popular around the turn of the 20th century, often mixing architectural elements from different styles. One example of this eclecticism is the house at 8 Park Avenue: built c. 1900, it is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house with a steeply pitched Colonial Revival-style roof, but with an entrance that is stylistically Craftsman/Bungalow. Its corner tower is typical of Queen Anne Victorians. A number of houses, including thouse at 2 and 4 Park, combine Shingle and Colonial Revival styles, while 24 Park is a more typical Queen Anne Victorian.[2]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

## See also[edit]

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Wakefield, Massachusetts
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. ^ a b c "NRHP nomination for Wakefield Park Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved February 9, 2014.

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Wakefield, Massachusetts

* Incorporated in 1812
* Based in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
* Population 27,090

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* Pleasure Island (defunct)
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* Lucius Beebe
* Elizabeth Boit
* Bruce Brown Jr.
* Scott Brown
* Joe Cannata
* Carleton S. Coon
* David Dellinger
* Anthony Fabiano
* Israel Horovitz
* Mark Kumpel
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* A. David Mazzone
* Marcia Pankratz
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* 18A & 20 Aborn Av.
* 6 Adams St.
* 380 Albion St.
* Avon St.
* 23
* 25
* 5 Bennett St.
* E. Boardman House
* Elizabeth Boit House
* Chestnut St.
* 15
* 21
* 95
* 39 Converse St.
* 28 Cordis St.
* Cowdry Houses
* Jonas
* Nathaniel
* 40 Crescent St.
* Emerson-Franklin Poole House
* 26 Francis Av.
* Captain Goodwin-James Eustis House
* Samuel Gould House
* Capt. William Green House
* Deacon Daniel Green House
* 118 Greenwood St.
* 20 Hancock Rd.
* 42 Hopkins St.
* Dr. Charles Jordan House
* Deacon Thomas Kendall House
* 15 Lawrence St.
* Lawrence St.
* 20
* 23
* 556 Lowell St.
* Main St.
* 190
* 196
* 1 Morrison Av.
* Morrison Rd.
* 20
* 32
* 2 Nichols St.
* 509 North Av.
* 52 Oak St.
* Oliver House
* Park St.
* 8
* 18
* 22 Parker Rd.
* Prospect St.
* 88
* 90
* Richardson Avenue Rowhouses
* 35–37
* 38–48
* Dr. S. O. Richardson House
* Salem St.
* 7
* 19–21
* 38
* 113
* Sheffield Rd.
* 13
* 30
* Dr. Thomas Simpson House
* 54 Spring St.
* William Stimpson House
* Sweetser Houses
* Daniel
* Michael
* D. Horace Tilton House
* 193 Vernon St.
* 12 W. Water St.
* Wave Av.
* 11
* 15
* 9 White Av.
* 28 Wiley St.
* Suell Winn House
* Charles Winship House
* 1 Woodcrest Dr.

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* Beacon Street Tomb
* Beebe Homestead
* Center (or Centre) Depot
* Church–Lafayette Sts. Hist. Dist.
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* Wakefield Park
* Wakefield Rattan Company
* Wakefield Trust Company
* Wakefield Upper Depot
* H.M. Warren School
* West Ward School
* Woodville School
* Woodward Homestead
* Yale Avenue Historic District

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