Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield, Mass.

Title

[Cyrus Wakefield mansion]

Description

"The Cyrus Wakefield Mansion was located on Main Street where the Wakefield Jr. High and Atwell Schools now stand. Cyrus Wakefield was instrumental in bringing the rattan industry to the town (then called South Reading) and generously donated the funds to build the former Town Hall located on the corner of Main and Water Streets. The town was renamed 'Wakefield' in 1868 in his honor." -- Text from calendar.

Image from the Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department annual calendar, 1988

Photo courtesy of the Payro family and Louis Picardi.

Contributor

Institution: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library

Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (Wakefield, Mass.)

D'Onofrio, Jayne M.

Coverage

Massachusetts--Middlesex (county)--Wakefield

Format

image/jpeg

Publisher

Wakefield, Mass. : Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department

Subject

Wakefield Mansion (Wakefield, Mass.)

Atwell School (Wakefield, Mass.)

Wakefield Estate (Wakefield, Mass.)

Architecture, Domestic

Mansions

Type

still image

Photographs

Original Format

1 picture : b&w

Extent

16 x 18 cm.