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Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield, Mass.

House at 61 Prospect Street, Wakefield, Mass.

Item

Title
House at 61 Prospect Street, Wakefield, Mass.
Description
Photos show the house located at 61 Prospect Street on the north side of the street opposite Morningside Road. Built around 1833, the Federal style house is of wood frame construction and has a clapboard exterior. There are two additions to the rear. Various members of the Cowdrey (or Cowdry) family lived in this area, known as Cowdrey's Hill, and this home was owned by Cowdreys until around 1900.
Detailed entry in building survey, "The cultural resources of Wakefield", pD96
The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Photos taken at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, May 5, 2008
Contributor
Institution: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
Coverage
Massachusetts--Middlesex (county)--Wakefield
61 Prospect Street (Wakefield, Mass.)
Creator
Klapes, Jeffrey M., 1964-
Date
05-05-2008
Format
image/jpeg
Publisher
[Wakefield, Mass. : The author]
Subject
Architecture, Domestic
Jonas Cowdrey House (Wakefield, Mass.)
Type
still image
Photographs
Original Format
2 photographs : digital, JPEG file, color