Is my property on the National Register of Historic Places?
In 1989, the Wakefield Historical Commission submitted Wakefield’s Multiple Resources Nomination to the Massachusetts Historical Commission and the National Park Service. As a result of this nomination, many sites were listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Sites were listed either individually, and by district. To find out if your house or property has achieved this honor, please check the list below. (Histories of all National Register Properties, along with over 250 other properties considered significant to the town’s architectural or historical heritage, can be found in the Wakefield Historical Commission’s “Cultural Resources of Wakefield” booklet available at the Beebe Memorial Library.)
More about the National Register of Historic Places.
Sites Listed Individually
(You will find the property’s historic name, if any, listed behind the address)
18A & 20 Aborn Street
6 Adams Street
26 Albion Street (Item Building)
379 Albion Street (D. Horace Tilton House)
380 Albion Street
23 Avon Street
25 Avon Street
Beacon Street Tomb
5 Bennett Street
127 Chestnut St. (Elizabeth Boit House)
15 Chestnut Street
21 Chestnut Street
95 Chestnut Street
39 Converse Street
30 Converse Street (H. M. Warren School
28 Cordis Street
40 Crescent Street
1 Elm Street (Captain Goodwin House)
72 – 74 Elm Street (Suell Winn House)
Farm Street (Woodville School)
7 Foster Street (South Reading Academy)
26 Francis Avenue
Gould Street (St. Joseph’s School)
118 Greenwood Street
20 Hancock Road
42 Hopkins Street
9 Jordan Avenue (Dr. Charles Jordan House)
20 Lawrence Street
23 Lawrence Street
15 Lawrence Avenue
5 Linden Avenue (Lynnwood)
458 Lowell Street (458 Lowell Street)
556 Lowell Street
114 Main Street (Dr. Thomas Simpson House)
142 Main Street
17 Main Street (Woodward Homestead)
190 Main Street
196 Main Street
321 Main Street (US Post Office)
349 – 353 Main Street (Flanley’s Block – presently the Oddfellow’s Building)
694 Main Street (Dr. S. O. Richardson House)
747 Main Street (Deacon Dan’l Green House)
Main & Oak Street (Greenwood Union Church)
Main Street (Americal Civic Center)
371 Main Street (Wakefield Trust Co. – presently Sovereign Bank)
13 Mansion Road (Charles Winship House)
48 Meriam Street (Samuel Gould House)
1 Morrison Avenue
20 Morrison Road
32 Morrison Road
15 Nahant Street
2 Nichols Street
509 North Avenue
North Avenue (Lakeside Cemetery Chapel)
North Avenue (Temple Israel Cemetery)
52 Oak Street
58 Oak Street
18 Park Street
8 Park Street
22 Parker Road
1 Prospect Street (Deacon Thomas Kendall House)
22 Prospect Street (William Stimpson House)
39 Prospect Street (West Ward School)
61 Prospect Street (Jonas Cowdry House)
71 Prospect Street (Nathaniel Cowdry House)
88 Prospect Street
90 Prospect Street
35 – 37 Richardson Avenue
38-48 Richardson Avenue
113 Salem Street
19 – 21 Salem Street
23 Salem Street (Emerson – Franklin Poole House)
34 Salem Street (Elizabeth Boardman House)
38 Salem Street
113 Salem Street
7 Salem Street
13 Sheffield Road
30 Sheffield Road
54 Spring Street
27 – 29 Tuttle Street (Wakefield Upper Depot)
193 Vernon Street
391 Vernon Street (Capt. Wm. Green House)
134 Water Street (Wakefield Rattan Company)
57 Water Street (Center Depot)
11 Wave Avenue
15 Wave Avenue
12 West Water Street
9 White Avenue
28 Wiley Street
Sites in the Church – Lafayette Streets District
(Roughly Church Street from Lafayette Street to North Avenue)
The Old Burying Ground
34 Church Street
36 Church Street
38 Church Street
40 Church Street
41 Church Street (The Colonel James Hartshorne House)
42 Church Street
44 Church Street
46 Church Street
28 Lafayette
29 Lafayette
32 Lafayette
33 Lafayette
34 Lafayette
36 Lafayette
Sites Listed in the Common District (roughly bounded by Lake Quannapowitt, Main Street, Common Street, Church Street and Lake Avenue)
5 Bryant Street (Episcopal Church)
1 Church Street (First Parish Congregational Church)
1 Common Street
3 Common Street
5 Common Street
Common Street First Baptist Church
1 Lafayette Street
252 Main Street
254 Main Street
258 Main Street
266 Main Street
270 Main Street
272 Main Street
282 Main Street
284 Main Street
294 – 298 Main Street
306 Main Street
310 Main Street
316 Main Street
317 Main Street YMCA
321 Main Street US Post Office
326 Main Street Unitarian Church
345 Main Street Beebe Memorial Library
1 Salem Street
Wakefield Common
Wakefield Common – Rockery
Wakefield Common – Spanish American War Monument
Wakefield Common – Bandstand
Wakefield Common – Civil War Monument
Wakefield Common – Lynn Village Monument
Wakefield Common – Korean & Vietnam Memorial
Wakefield Common – World War I Memorial
Sites Listed in the Park District
(Roughly Park Avenue between Summit Avenue and Chestnut Street)
120 Chestnut Street
122 Chestnut
1-3 Clarina Street
2 Dell Street
2 Park Avenue
4 Park Avenue
5 Park Avenue
6 Park Avenue
7 Park Avenue
8 Park Avenue
18 Park Avenue
19 Park Avenue
20 Park Avenue
21 Park Avenue
24 Park Avenue
25 Park Avenue
Sites Listed in the Yale Avenue District
16 Yale Avenue
18 Yale Avenue
20 Yale Avenue
21 Yale Avenue
22 Yale Avenue
23 Yale Avenue
24 Yale Avenue
25 Yale Avenue
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