Metropolitan District Commission Pumping House

Metropolitan District Commission Pumping House
Location Woodland Rd., Stoneham, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°27′21″N 71°5′27″W / 42.45583°N 71.09083°WCoordinates: 42°27′21″N 71°5′27″W / 42.45583°N 71.09083°W
Built 1906
Architect Shepley,Ruton, & Collidge
Architectural style Renaissance
Governing body Local
Part of Middlesex Fells Reservoirs Historic District (#89002249)
MPS Stoneham MRA
NRHP Reference #

84002747

[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP April 13, 1984
Designated CP January 18, 1990

The Metropolitan District Commission Pumping House is a historic water pumping station, adjacent to Spot Pond in the Middlesex Fells Reservation, on Woodland Road in Stoneham, Massachusetts. The Romanesque Revival building was designed by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge and completed in 1906, as part of the Metropolitan District Commission's expansion of water service in the area. It is built of yellow brick with limestone trim. It has quoined corners, and features rusticated arched windows. It was extended with a side ell in 1923. In 1975 the building was extensively damaged by fire. Its tile roof and clerestory were lost, replaced by the present asphalt shingle hip roof.[2]

The building (along with an adjacent gatehouse) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984,[1] and included in the Middlesex Fells Reservoirs Historic District in 1990.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "NRHP nomination for Metropolitan District Commission Pumping House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-27.