Yale Avenue Historic District
Yale Avenue Historic District | |
42°30′17.52″N 71°4′24.44″W / 42.5048667°N 71.0734556°W / 42.5048667; -71.0734556 | |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
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Architectural style | Late Victorian |
MPS | Wakefield MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 89000756 [1] |
Added to NRHP | July 06, 1989 |
The Yale Avenue Historic District is a residential historic district near the center of Wakefield, Massachusetts. It encompasses eight residential properties, all but one of which were developed in the 1860s and 1870s, after the arrival of the railroad in town. These properties were built primarily for Boston businessmen, and mark the start of Wakefield's transition to a suburb.[2]
The district, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989,[1] consists of five houses (16-24) on the south side of Yale Street, and three (21-25) directly opposite on the north side. Five are Italianate in style, one is Second Empire, one is Queen Anne, and the newest house in the district, 22 Yale Avenue, was built c. 1896 in the Colonial Revival Style. All are 2+1⁄2 stories in height, and of wood-frame construction, with clapboards and/or shingles on their exteriors, and most have porches.[2]
Although the houses are nominally in one style, most exhibit features that are reminiscent of a different style. The house at 20 Yale Avenue, for instance, follows a somewhat typical Italianate L-shaped plan, but its porch is more elaborately decorated with what might be considered Queen Anne features. The house at 23 Yale Avenue, built c. 1863, marks a shift from the Italianate to the Second Empire with the addition of a mansard-style roof with fish scale shingles. 24 Yale Avenue is one of t Wakefield's few surviving Stick style houses, and 22 Yale Avenue is an early and modest example of the Colonial Revival.[2]
Yale Avenue was named after businessman Burrage Yale, Wakefield's largest manufacturer during the earlhy 19th century.[3]
See also
- Common District (Wakefield, Massachusetts), adjacent to the east
- Church-Lafayette Streets Historic District, adjacent to the north
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Wakefield, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b c "NRHP nomination for Yale Avenue Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
- ^ National Register of Historic places, United States Department of the Interior, May 23, 1989, Accessed February 29, 2024, p. 8-11-50-52-54
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- 18A & 20 Aborn Av.
- 6 Adams St.
- 380 Albion St.
- Avon St.
- 5 Bennett St.
- E. Boardman House
- Elizabeth Boit House
- Chestnut St.
- 39 Converse St.
- 28 Cordis St.
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- 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.
- 556 Lowell St.
- Main St.
- 1 Morrison Av.
- Morrison Rd.
- 2 Nichols St.
- 509 North Av.
- 52 Oak St.
- Oliver House
- Park St.
- 22 Parker Rd.
- Prospect St.
- Richardson Avenue Rowhouses
- Dr. S. O. Richardson House
- Salem St.
- Sheffield Rd.
- Dr. Thomas Simpson House
- 54 Spring St.
- William Stimpson House
- Sweetser Houses
- D. Horace Tilton House
- 193 Vernon St.
- 12 W. Water St.
- Wave Av.
- 9 White Av.
- 28 Wiley St.
- Suell Winn House
- Charles Winship House
- 1 Woodcrest Dr.
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- Beacon Street Tomb
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- Church–Lafayette Sts. Hist. Dist.
- Common District
- Flanley's Block
- Greenwood Union Church
- Col. James Hartshorne House
- Item Building
- Lakeside Cemetery Chapel
- Lynnwood
- Massachusetts State Armory
- South Reading Academy
- St. Joseph School
- Temple Israel Cemetery
- Main Post Office
- 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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