House at 127 Chestnut Street, Wakefield, Mass.

Title: House at 127 Chestnut Street, Wakefield, Mass.
Description: Photos show the house located at 127 Chestnut Street on the southeast corner of the intersection with Prospect Street. Built around 1911, the English cottage style house has a stucco exterior and terra cotta tile roof. A three-car garage was recently added at the rear. The large, three-winged home was designed by Wakefield architect Harland O. Perkins, who lived at 8 Park Street. The home was built for Elizabeth Boit, one of the founders of the Harvard Knitting Mills, and was part of a compound of similarly styled buildings that included 90 Prospect Street, and a smaller carriage house at 88 Prospect Street.; Detailed entry in building survey, "The cultural resources of Wakefield", pD25; The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Photos 1-9 taken at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, May 5, 2008 Photos 10-13 taken at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Contributor: Institution: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
Coverage: Massachusetts--Middlesex (county)--Wakefield; 127 Chestnut Street (Wakefield, Mass.)
Creator: Klapes, Jeffrey M., 1964-
Date: 2008
Format: image/jpeg
Publisher: [Wakefield, Mass. : The author]
Subject: Architecture, Domestic; Elizabeth Boit House (Wakefield, Mass.); Boit, Elizabeth Eaton, 1849-1932
Type: still image; Photographs
Original Format: 13 photographs : digital, JPEG file, color

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