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
Wakefield is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts in the Greater Boston metropolitan area, incorporated in 1812 and located about north-northwest of Downtown Boston. Wakefield's population was 27,090 at the 2020 census. Wakefield offers ...
.
Description and history
The -story wood-frame house was built c. 1889, and has a combination of Queen Anne and
Shingle Style features. Shingled elements include window bays, both projecting and recessed, while the porches are decorated with a clear Queen Anne flair, including arched openings and a floral design in the gable end of the front porch.
The house was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
on July 6, 1989.
See also
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
References
Houses in Wakefield, Massachusetts
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wakefield, Massachusetts
Queen Anne architecture in Massachusetts
Houses completed in 1889
Shingle Style houses
Shingle Style architecture in Massachusetts
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