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Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield, Mass.

House at 18 Park Avenue, Wakefield, Mass.

Item

Title
House at 18 Park Avenue, Wakefield, Mass.
Description
Photos show the house located at 18 Park Avenue on the south side of the street at the corner of Dell Avenue. The Shingle Style house, with Colonial Revival motifs, was built around 1908. It is of wood frame construction and has a shingle exterior. It was originally located at 120 Chestnut Street and later moved to its present site. The house is in the Wakefield Park neighborhood, the development of which began in 1886. The area was promoted as having a healthful and beautiful environment, with elegant homes and building restrictions.
Detailed entry in building survey, "The cultural resources of Wakefield", pD38
The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Wakefield Park Historic District
Photos taken at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, May 5, 2008
Contributor
Institution: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
Coverage
Massachusetts--Middlesex (county)--Wakefield
18 Park Avenue (Wakefield, Mass.)
Wakefield Park (Wakefield, Mass. )
Creator
Klapes, Jeffrey M., 1964-
Date
05-05-2008
Format
image/jpeg
Publisher
[Wakefield, Mass. : The author]
Subject
Architecture, Domestic
Type
still image
Photographs
Original Format
4 photographs : digital, JPEG file, color