House at 12 West Water Street

House at 12 West Water Street

House at 12 West Water Street
Location 12 W. Water St., Wakefield, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°30′7″N 71°4′17″W / 42.50194°N 71.07139°W / 42.50194; -71.07139Coordinates: 42°30′7″N 71°4′17″W / 42.50194°N 71.07139°W / 42.50194; -71.07139
Built 1860
Architectural style Second Empire, Mansard
MPS Wakefield MRA
NRHP Reference #

89000708

[1]
Added to NRHP July 06, 1989

The House at 12 West Water Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts is a rare local example of a Second Empire house. The wood frame house was built around 1860, and has two full stories, and a third beneath the mansard roof. It is three bays wide, with a wide double-door entry, and a porch across the front with elaborately decorated posts. The house may have been built by Cyrus Wakefield, owner of the Wakefield Rattan Company, and sold to a company employee. A later owner was George Cox, who owned a billiard parlor in the town center.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for House at 12 West Water Street". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-11.


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