Lorenzo D. Hawkins House

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Lorenzo D. Hawkins House
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Location1 Cedar St., Stoneham, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°28′48″N71°6′16″W / 42.48000°N 71.10444°W / 42.48000; -71.10444
Built1870
Architectural styleSecond Empire
Part of Nobility Hill Historic District (ID89002328)
MPS Stoneham MRA
NRHP reference No. 84002639 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1984
Designated CPFebruary 9, 1990

The Lorenzo D. Hawkins House is a historic house at 1 Cedar Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts. The property consists of a house and carriage house, both built c. 1870, that are among Stoneham's finest Second Empire buildings. The house is a two-story wood-frame structure with irregular massing. It has the classic mansard roof, an ornately decorated entry porch, heavily bracketed cornice, and round-arch windows in its dormers and front bay. The carriage house features a polychrome mansard roof. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, [1] and was included in the Nobility Hill Historic District in 1990. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Lorenzo D. Hawkins House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 26, 2014.