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Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield, Mass.

Building at 306 Main Street, Wakefield, Mass.

Item

Title
Building at 306 Main Street, Wakefield, Mass.
Description
Photos show views of the building located at 306 Main Street on the east side of the street at the corner of Crescent Street. The building also incorporates 1 Crescent Street. It was originally built as a shoe factory around 1800 by Benjamin Wiley, who later built the adjacent brick house in 1822. He converted this building to his home in 1850 after selling the brick house to his son Ebenezer. It is currently used for professional offices and apartments.
Detailed entry in building survey, "The cultural resources of Wakefield", pA15
The building is part of the Common Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places
Photos taken at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, June 27, 2008
Contributor
Institution: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
Coverage
Massachusetts--Middlesex (county)--Wakefield
306 Main Street (Wakefield, Mass.)
Creator
Klapes, Jeffrey M., 1964-
Date
06-27-2008
Format
image/jpeg
Publisher
[Wakefield, Mass. : The author]
Subject
Architecture, Domestic
Shoe industry
Type
still image
Photographs
Original Format
4 photographs : digital, JPEG file, color