Common District, Wakefield

Name: Common District
Address: Wakefield, United States

#56 among attractions in Wakefield

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Facts and practical information

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. The area was separated from Reading as South Reading in 1818, and renamed Wakefield in 1868. The 25 acre district includes the buildings that line the common on Common Street and Main Street, which include the town hall, public library, YMCA, post office, and several churches. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. ()

Coordinates: 42°30'23"N, 71°4'23"W

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Wakefield (Downtown Wakefield)Wakefield United States

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Common District – 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 40 Crescent Street.

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Neighbourhood
Church–Lafayette Streets Historic District, Wakefield
6 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.
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Meeting House of the Second Parish in Woburn, Wakefield
6 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.
~730 ftSE
42°30'17"N • 71°4'18"W
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield
4 min walk • Library
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Greek Revival architecture
House at 40 Crescent Street, Wakefield
8 min walk • 40 Crescent Street is a historic house in Wakefield, Massachusetts, and is significant as a particularly fine example of a Greek Revival style house.
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Georgian architecture
House at 19–21 Salem Street, Wakefield
6 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.
~910 ftSW
Shingle style architecture
House at 25 Avon Street, Wakefield
5 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.
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Neighbourhood
Yale Avenue Historic District, Wakefield
3 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 Common District?

Nearby attractions include Yale Avenue Historic District, Wakefield (3 min walk), Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield (4 min walk), House at 25 Avon Street, Wakefield (5 min walk), Church–Lafayette Streets Historic District, Wakefield (6 min walk).

How to get to Common District by public transport?

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Wakefield (9 min walk)

Common District, Wakefield

Facts and practical information

Wakefield plan & book

Common District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Church–Lafayette Streets Historic District, Wakefield

Meeting House of the Second Parish in Woburn, Wakefield

Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield

House at 40 Crescent Street, Wakefield

House at 19–21 Salem Street, Wakefield

House at 25 Avon Street, Wakefield

Yale Avenue Historic District, Wakefield

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Which popular attractions are close to Common District?

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