Historic places in Stoneham, Massachusetts

Stoneham in Middlesex County has 68 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 63 buildings, 4 districts, 1 site. The first was listed in 1984 and the most recent in 2005. The most common areas of significance here are architecture, industry, social history.

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Colonial Beacon Gas Station
Colonial Beacon Gas StationStoneham, MA · Building
Middlesex Fells Reservoirs Historic District
Middlesex Fells Reservoirs Historic DistrictStoneham, MA · District

Every National Register listing in Stoneham

  1. Colonial Beacon Gas Station

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    TransportationArchitecture

    The Colonial Beacon Gas Station was a historic gas station at 474 Main Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    474 Main St. · NPS record #84002554

  2. Middlesex Fells Reservoirs Historic District (also See Also:Bottume, John, House; Metropolitan Commission Distri)

    Listed January 18, 1990 · District · State, Local significance · Access information not verified

    Community Planning And DevelopmentEngineeringPolitics/GovernmentArchitecture

    The Middlesex Fells Reservoirs Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by Pond St., Woodland Rd., I-93, and MA 28 in Stoneham and Medford, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    Roughly bounded by Pond St., Woodland Rd., I-93, and MA 28 · NPS record #89002249

  3. Almshouse

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    ArchitectureSocial History

    The Almshouse is a historic almshouse in Stoneham, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    136 Elm St. · NPS record #84002464

  4. Beard, Padilla, House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Transportation

    Built about 1850, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 for its association with Padilla Beard, the first operator the stagecoach line on the route between Boston and Reading. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002507

  5. Boston and Maine Railroad Depot

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    TransportationArchitecture

    Stoneham station is a former train station in Stoneham, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    36 Pine St. · NPS record #84002510

  6. Bottume, John, House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    Built c. 1849, this stone house was one of several built along the shore of Spot Pond by a Boston businessman as a retreat, and is the only one to survive. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002513

  7. Brown, C.H., Cottage

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    IndustryArchitecture

    Probably built in the 1830s, it is a well-preserved example of worker housing built for employees of local shoe factories. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002525

  8. Bryant, William, Octagon House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    Built in 1850, it is the best-preserved of three such houses built in the town in the 1850s. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002526

  9. Buck, Charles, House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    CommerceArchitecture

    Built about 1880 for a dealer in hide, this modest Italianate house occupies the site of Stoneham's first meetinghouse and school. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002527

  10. Buswell, Clara, House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002528

  11. Central Square Historic District (also See Also:84002765; 84002831)

    Listed January 17, 1990 · District · Local significance · Access information not verified

    IndustryCommunity Planning And DevelopmentCommerceArchitecture

    The Central Square Historic District is a historic district encompassing much of the central business district of Stoneham, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    Roughly bounded by Main, Central, Church, Winter and Common Sts. · NPS record #89002277

  12. Chamberlain, Samuel, House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    IndustryArchitecture

    Built c. 1864, it is one of three well preserved Italianate side-hall style houses in Stoneham. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002536

  13. Cogan, Bernard, House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    ArchitectureSocial History

    Built about 1885, it is a good local example of Queen Anne style architecture in the United States. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002546

  14. Cogan, James, House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    ArchitectureSocial History

    It was built about 1890 for James Cogan, son of a prominent local shoe manufacturer, and is a prominent local example of Queen Anne architecture. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002550

  15. Cowdrey, George, House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    IndustryPolitics/GovernmentArchitecture

    It was built about 1865 for George Cowdrey, a local shoe manufacturer and state legislator, and is one of the town's finest examples of residential Second Empire architecture. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002557

  16. Daniels, Blake, Cottage

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    IndustryArchitecture

    Built in 1860, it is a good example of a Greek Revival worker's residence, with an older wing that may have housed the manufactory of shoe lasts. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002562

  17. Dean, Silas, House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    LiteratureEducationPolitics/Government

    Built c. 1840, it is a stylistically rare form of a Greek Revival cottage. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002565

  18. Dow Block

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    CommerceArchitecture

    The Dow Block is a historic commercial building on Central Square in Stoneham, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    Central Square · NPS record #84002570

  19. Durgin, E. A., House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    IndustryArchitecture

    The two-story wood-frame Second Empire style house was built c. 1870 for E. A. Durgin, a local shoe dealer, and is one of Stoneham's most elaborately styled 19th-century houses. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002572

  20. Farrier, Amasa, Boardinghouse

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    ArchitectureSocial History

    The Amasa Farrier Boardinghouse is a historic house at 280 Main Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    280 Main St. · NPS record #84002601

  21. Farrier, Amasa, House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Community Planning And DevelopmentArchitecture

    Built c. 1865, this two-story wood-frame house is a well-preserved Italianate villa, with pilastered corner boards and a nearly flat roof with a deep overhanging cornice studded with paired brackets. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002605

  22. First Baptist Church

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    The First Baptist Church is a historic church building at 457 Main Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts, United States, housing an evangelical congregation. [Wikipedia]

    461 Main St. · NPS record #84002607

  23. First Congregational Church (also United Church Of Christ)

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    ArchitectureSocial History

    The First Congregational Church is an historic church in Stoneham, Massachusetts, United States. [Wikipedia]

    Main and Church Sts. · NPS record #84002609

  24. First Unitarian Church

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    ArchitectureSocial History

    The First Unitarian Church is a historic former church building in Stoneham, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    Central and Common Sts. · NPS record #84002612

  25. Foley, Michael, Cottage

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Industry

    It is a remarkably well preserved instance of a worker's cottage, built c. 1855. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002614

  26. Foster, Walter K., House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    IndustryArchitecture

    Built c. 1870, it is one of three surviving Italianate side hall entry houses in Stoneham. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002616

  27. Fuller, Enoch, House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    The two-story wood-frame house was built c. 1850 for Enoch Fuller, a friend of P. T. Barnum and is topped by a low pitch roof with a central cupola. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002619

  28. Fuller, William Griffin, House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    IndustryArchitecture

    The two-story wood-frame house was built c. 1850 for William Griffin Fuller, a real estate developer and trustee of the Stoneham Five Cent Savings Bank. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002621

  29. Gill, Charles, House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    ArchitectureSocial History

    It is one of three well preserved Second Empire worker's cottages in Stoneham. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002623

  30. Gilmore, Onslow, House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002625

  31. Green, Jonathan, House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Politics/GovernmentArchitecture

    The Jonathan Green House is a historic First Period Colonial American house, built c. 1700–1720. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002627

  32. Hawkins, Lorenzo D., House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    IndustryArchitecture

    The property consists of a house and carriage house, both built c. 1870, that are among Stoneham's finest Second Empire buildings. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002639

  33. Hibbard, Benjamin, Residence

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    It is one of a few well-preserved 19th-century double houses in Stoneham. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002642

  34. Hill, Sidney A., House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    IndustryArchitecture

    The Queen Anne style Victorian wood-frame house was built c. 1895 for Sidney A. Hill, a partner in a shoe manufacturing business. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002645

  35. House at 107 William Street

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    Built in the 1820s, it is a 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame house, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof, clapboard siding, and a granite foundation. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002660

  36. House at 114 Marble Street

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    It is a 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame house with a rear ell, sheathed in wooden clapboards. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002661

  37. House at 19 Tremont Street

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    IndustryEuropean

    Built c. 1850, it is a stylistically vernacular single-story wood-frame structure, four bays wide, with a side gable roof, clapboard siding, and a brick foundation. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002671

  38. House at 269 Green Street

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    Unlike most small Greek Revival houses, the roof slope faces front, and shelters a cutaway porch supported by square Tuscan columns. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002682

  39. House at 391 Williams Street

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    Built c. 1820, it is a 1+1⁄2-story five-bay wood-frame structure, with a single story rear ell. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002688

  40. House at 6 S. Marble Street

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Industry

    It is a wood-frame house, two stories high, five bays wide and one room deep, with a side gable roof and a granite foundation. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002690

  41. Jenkins, Franklin B., House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    IndustryArchitectureSocial History

    At that time it was noted for its Greek Revival features, including corner pilasters and a front portico which includes pilasters and sidelights flanking the door. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002699

  42. Jenkins, Franklin B., House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    IndustryCommunity Planning And DevelopmentArchitecture

    Built c. 1895, it is one of Stoneham's finest Queen Anne Victorian houses. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002702

  43. Jones, John, House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    Built in 1874, it is a well-preserved example of a house with classic, yet modest, Italianate features. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002708

  44. Jones, Thomas W., House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    IndustryArchitecture

    It is Stoneham's best preserved Second Empire house, preserving significant external details, and its carriage house. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002716

  45. Keene, Walter, House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Community Planning And DevelopmentArchitecture

    The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame building was constructed c. 1900 and serves as an excellent local example of a transitional Queen Anne-Colonial Revival house. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002719

  46. Kenney, David, House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Industry

    Built c. 1850, the two-story wood-frame structure is a well-preserved worker's cottage, with a side-gable roof and a single interior chimney. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002725

  47. Knight, Elisha, Homestead

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    AgricultureArchitecture

    Built c. 1750, it is the only property of that period in Stoneham that retains a rural setting. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002863

  48. Lamson, Newton, House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Community Planning And DevelopmentArchitecture

    Built c. 1887, it is one of Stoneham's finest Queen Anne/Stick style houses. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002727

  49. Locke-Baldwin-Kinsley House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    IndustryArchitecture

    The two-story timber-frame house was built c. 1744 on land belonging to the Locke family. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002742

  50. Lyon, T.U., House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    The modest 1+1⁄2-story Greek Revival house was built c. 1850 for T.U. Lyon, a shoe cutter. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002743

  51. Metropolitan District Commission Pumping House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    IndustryArchitecture

    Built in 1901 by the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC), it is one of Stoneham's finest examples of Renaissance Revival architecture. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002747

  52. Millard-Souther-Green House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    Built c. 1700, it is one of the oldest buildings in Stoneham. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002752

  53. Nobility Hill Historic District (also See Also:84002639; 84002860)

    Listed February 9, 1990 · District · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Community Planning And DevelopmentArchitecture

    The Nobility Hill Historic District is a residential historic district roughly bounded by Chestnut and Maple Streets and Cedar Avenue in Stoneham, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    Roughly bounded by Chestnut and Maple Sts. and Cedar Ave. · NPS record #89002328

  54. Oddfellows Building

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    CommerceArchitecture

    The Oddfellows Building is a historic mixed-use commercial building at Central Square in Stoneham, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    Central Square · NPS record #84002765

  55. Old Burying Ground

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Site · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Social History

    The Old Burying Ground is a historic cemetery on Pleasant and William Streets in Stoneham, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    Pleasant and William Sts. · NPS record #84002766

  56. Shoe Shop-Doucette Ten Footer

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    IndustryArchitecture

    The Shoe Shop–Doucette Ten Footer is a historic wooden building at 36 William Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts, in the United States. [Wikipedia]

    36 William St. · NPS record #84002821

  57. South School

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    EducationArchitectureSocial History

    The South School is a historic school building in Stoneham, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    9-11 Gerry St. · NPS record #84002828

  58. Spot Pond Archeological District (also Haywardvville/Virginia Woods)

    Listed July 24, 1992 · District · Local significance · Access information not verified

    IndustryHistoric - Non-AboriginalConservationEntertainment/RecreationExploration/SettlementInvention

    The Spot Pond Archeological District is a historic archaeological site near Spot Pond in Stoneham, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    Address not published · NPS record #92000925

  59. Steele, John, House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Industry

    It is one of a few surviving 19th-century double houses in Stoneham. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002829

  60. Stoneham Firestation

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    The Stoneham Firestation is a historic fire station at Central and Emerson Streets in Stoneham, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    Central and Emerson Sts. · NPS record #84002831

  61. Stoneham Public Library

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    ArchitectureSocial History

    The Stoneham Public Library is the public library of Stoneham, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    Main and Maple Sts. · NPS record #84002832

  62. Sweetser, Warren, House

    Listed May 26, 2005 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    It is one of the finest Greek Revival houses in Stoneham, recognized as much for its elaborate interior detailing as it is for its exterior features. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #05000466

  63. Tay, Jesse, House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    IndustryArchitecture

    The two-story wood-frame house, built c. 1810 for Jesse Tay, is one of Stoneham's best-preserved Federal style houses. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002834

  64. Turnbull, R.P., House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    The ornately decorated Italianate house was built c. 1865 for R. P. Turnbull, a partner in the Tidd Tannery. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002839

  65. Wiley, Caleb, House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    Built c. 1826, this 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house is one of Stonham's best-preserved late Federal period houses. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002848

  66. Williams, Micah, House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    The 1+1⁄2-story Greek Revival cottage was built c. 1830 by Micah Williams. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002851

  67. Williams-Linscott House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    The oldest part of the house was said to date to c. 1712, but it is unclear to which part of the house this referred, on account of major alterations the house in the 18th and 19th centuries. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002853

  68. Wood, Charles, House

    Listed April 13, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    It is one of the most elaborate Italianate houses in Stoneham. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002860

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