House at 40 Crescent Street, Wakefield

Name: House at 40 Crescent Street
Address: Wakefield, United States

#17 among attractions in Wakefield

Greek Revival architecture

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Facts and practical information

40 Crescent Street is a historic house in Wakefield, Massachusetts, and is significant as a particularly fine example of a Greek Revival style house. ()

Built: 1839 (185 years ago)Coordinates: 42°30'13"N, 71°4'8"W

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Wakefield (Downtown Wakefield)Wakefield United States

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House at 40 Crescent Street – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Church–Lafayette Streets Historic District, Meeting House of the Second Parish in Woburn, Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, House at 19–21 Salem Street.

0.4 miW
Neighbourhood
Church–Lafayette Streets Historic District, Wakefield
12 min walk • The Church–Lafayette Streets Historic District encompasses a well-preserved collection of late 18th- and early 19th-century houses in Wakefield, Massachusetts. It includes properties on Church Street between Common Street and North Avenue, and on Lafayette Street between Common and Church Streets.
0.5 miNW
Church
Meeting House of the Second Parish in Woburn, Wakefield
13 min walk • The United Church of Christ, Congregational is a historic Congregational church in Burlington, Massachusetts. Built in 1732, it is one of the oldest religious structures in Massachusetts, and one of a small number of pre-19th century church buildings.
~860 ftNW
42°30'17"N • 71°4'18"W
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield
5 min walk • Library
~1830 ftN
Georgian architecture
House at 19–21 Salem Street, Wakefield
9 min walk • The House at 19–21 Salem Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts is an unusual 18th-century two-family residence. It is composed of two different houses that were conjoined c. 1795. The left house has a gabled roof and asymmetrical window placement, while the right house has a gambrel roof and an early 20th-century entry hood.
~1570 ftW
Shingle style architecture
House at 25 Avon Street, Wakefield
8 min walk • 25 Avon Street is a historic house, and is significant as one of the more elaborate Queen Anne Victorian houses in the town of Wakefield, Massachusetts.
0.4 miS
Greek Revival architecture, Georgian architecture
Michael Sweetser House, Wakefield
11 min walk • The Michael Sweetser House is a historic house at 15 Nahant Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts. The 2 ¹⁄₂-story timber-frame house was built c. 1755 by Michael Sweetser, an early settler of the area.
~1510 ftNW
Neighbourhood
Common District, Wakefield
8 min walk • The Common District encompasses the main civic center of Wakefield, Massachusetts. It is centered on the historic town common, just south of Lake Quannapowitt, which was laid in 1644, when it became the heart of Old Reading.
~1310 ftW
Neighbourhood
Yale Avenue Historic District, Wakefield
7 min walk • The Yale Avenue Historic District is a residential historic district near the center of Wakefield, Massachusetts. It encompasses eight residential properties, all but one of which were developed in the 1860s and 1870s, after the arrival of the railroad in town.

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Which popular attractions are close to House at 40 Crescent Street?

Nearby attractions include Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield (5 min walk), Yale Avenue Historic District, Wakefield (7 min walk), Common District, Wakefield (8 min walk), House at 25 Avon Street, Wakefield (8 min walk).

How to get to House at 40 Crescent Street by public transport?

The nearest stations to House at 40 Crescent Street:

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Wakefield (10 min walk)