House at 23 Avon Street
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| Location | 23 Avon St., Wakefield, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°30′15″N 71°4′26″W / 42.50417°N 71.07389°WCoordinates: 42°30′15″N 71°4′26″W / 42.50417°N 71.07389°W |
| Built | 1855 |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| MPS | Wakefield MRA |
| NRHP Reference # | [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 06, 1989 |
The House at 23 Avon Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts is an Italianate house in the town. It is a 2 1⁄2-story wood-frame structure with a T-shaped plan. It has wide eaves with paired corner brackets, an Italianate hallmark, and windows with corniced lintels and footed sills. Avon Street was laid out in 1848 on the former estate of Lemuel Sweetser, a local shoe manufacturer. This house was built about 1855, and is one of the finer examples of high-style Italianate architecture in the town.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
See also
- House at 25 Avon Street
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Wakefield, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
References
- 1 2 Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "NRHP nomination for House at 23 Avon Street". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
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