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Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield, Mass.

House at 71 Prospect Street, Wakefield, Mass.

Item

Title
House at 71 Prospect Street, Wakefield, Mass.
Description
Photos show the house located at 71 Prospect Street on the north side of the street opposite Morningside Road. Built around 1764, the saltbox house shows a transition from Georgian to Federal style. It is of wood frame construction and has a clapboard exterior. A carriage house stands in 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 1866.
Detailed entry in building survey, "The cultural resources of Wakefield", pD95
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
71 Prospect Street (Wakefield, Mass.)
Creator
Klapes, Jeffrey M., 1964-
Date
05-05-2008
Format
image/jpeg
Publisher
[Wakefield, Mass. : The author]
Subject
Architecture, Domestic
Nathaniel Cowdrey House (Wakefield, Mass.)
Type
still image
Photographs
Original Format
5 photographs : digital, JPEG file, color