House at 19 Tremont Street | |
Location | 19 Tremont St., Stoneham, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°29′9″N71°5′49″W / 42.48583°N 71.09694°W |
Built | 1860 |
MPS | Stoneham MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 84002671 [1] |
Added to NRHP | April 13, 1984 |
The House at 19 Tremont Street is the smallest extant 19th century worker's cottage in Stoneham, Massachusetts. 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. Its only significant decorative features is its entry, which has sidelight windows typical of the Greek Revival period. It is the best surviving example of what was once a row of worker cottages that lined Tremont Street. [2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]
Lynn Fells Parkway is a parkway in Greater Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. The road runs from the end of Fellsway East in Stoneham, eastward through Melrose, and ends in Saugus at US Route 1. The parkway serves as a connector between the Middlesex Fells Reservation and Breakheart Reservation.
The First Unitarian Church is a historic former church building in Stoneham, Massachusetts. One of Stoneham's more stylish Gothic Revival buildings, the Stick style wood structure was built in 1869 for a Unitarian congregation that was organized in 1858. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and included in the Central Square Historic District in 1990. It presently houses the local Community Access Television organization.
The C.H. Brown Cottage is a historic house at 34 Wright Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts. Probably built in the 1830s, it is a well-preserved example of worker housing built for employees of local shoe factories. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
The Samuel Chamberlain House is a historic house at 3 Winthrop Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts. Built c. 1864, it is one of three well preserved Italianate side-hall style houses in Stoneham. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
The George Cowdrey House is a historic house at 42 High Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts. 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. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
The Blake Daniels Cottage is a historic house at 111–113 Elm Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts. 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. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
The Silas Dean House is a historic house at 8 Pine Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts. Built c. 1840, it is a stylistically rare form of a Greek Revival cottage. The front of the house is a front porch sheltered by the slope of the roof, rather than a more traditional gable-end orientation.
The Michael Foley Cottage is a historic house at 14 Emerson Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts. It is a remarkably well preserved instance of a worker's cottage, built c. 1855. It was occupied until the 1870s by Michael Foley, a shoemaker who may have worked at the nearby Tidd shoe factory. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a front-gable roof, clapboard siding, and granite foundation. Its front facade has three narrow bays on the first floor and two on the second, with the entrance in the rightmost bay. Decorative woodwork is minimal.
The Charles Gill House is a historic house at 76 Pleasant Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts. It is one of three well preserved Second Empire worker's cottages in Stoneham. It was built c. 1860 for Charles Gill, a shoemaker. The house as two stories, the upper one under a mansard roof, with single-window dormers topped by segmented-arches piercing the steeper roof line. The house follows a basic side hall plan, except there is a projecting ell to the right, with a porch in the crook of the ell.
The Benjamin Hibbard Residence is a historic house at 5-7 Gerry Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts, United States. It is one of a few well-preserved 19th-century double houses in Stoneham. The two-story wood-frame house was built c. 1850, and features double brackets along its cornice, pilastered corners, and a decorated porch covering the twin entrances in the center of the main facade. The house is typical of modest worker residences built at that time. Its only well-documented occupant, Benjamin Hibbard, was a carriage driver in the 1870s and 1880s.
The House at 269 Green Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts is a well-preserved Greek Revival cottage with unusual layout. Unlike most small Greek Revival houses, the roof slope faces front, and shelters a cutaway porch supported by square Tuscan columns. Built c. 1810, it has typical Greek Revival features, including corner pilasters and an entry framed by sidelight windows. Several houses of this type were built in Stoneham; this one is the best-preserved.
The House at 6 S. Marble Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts, is a rare early 19th century worker's house, and the only significant survivor of the early quarrying industry in Stoneham. 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. It has simple cornerboards and door and window trim. Houses like this were somewhat common on the early routes through the town, of which South Marble Street is a relatively undisturbed surviving fragment. This house was built about 1810.
The House at 114 Marble Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts is a well-preserved Gothic Victorian cottage, built c. 1850. It is a 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame house with a rear ell, sheathed in wooden clapboards. It has a front gable centered over the main entry, which features turned posts and balusters, and a Stick-style valance. Windows in the gable ends have pointed arches characteristic of the style. The front gable is decorated with vergeboard.
The House at 107 William Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts, is a well-preserved early Greek Revival cottage. 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. It has a projecting central entry and an ell on its east side, set on a brick foundation. The ell has a second entry, indicating it may have been used as a shop. The main entry has sidelights, and both entries have a narrow transom. It is one of a small number of surviving buildings of a larger cluster that once stood near the junction of William and Main Streets.
The House at 391 Williams Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts, is one of the town's more elaborate early Greek Revival cottage. Built c. 1820, it is a 1+1⁄2-story five-bay wood-frame structure, with a single story rear ell. Its most prominent features are the front gable dormers, which appear to be original to the period, and its full-width front porch, which is probably an early 20th-century addition. Its windows have molded surrounds, and the main entrance is flanked by sidelight windows.
The T.U. Lyon House is a historic house at 9 Warren Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts. The modest 1+1⁄2-story Greek Revival house was built c. 1850 for T.U. Lyon, a shoe cutter. At the time of its construction Warren Street had been supplanted as the major north–south road through Stoneham by the Medford-Andover Turnpike. Most of its distinctive Greek Revival features, including corner pilasters and a larger-than-typical frieze, have been lost due to recent residing of the exterior.
The David Kenney House is a historic house at 67 Summer Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts. 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. Only one room deep, it has three irregularly placed windows on both the first and second floors, and an off-center front entry. It was listed as belonging to a laborer named David Kenney between 1858 and 1889. Its scrolled front entrance hood is probably a later addition.
The Warren Sweetser House is a historic house at 90 Franklin Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts. 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. Originally located at 434 Main Street, it was moved to its present location in 2003 after being threatened with demolition. The house was found to be eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, but was not listed due to owner objection. In 1990 it was listed as a contributing resource to the Central Square Historic District at its old location. It was listed on its own at its new location in 2005.
The Caleb Wiley House is a historic house at 125 North Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts. Built c. 1826, this 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house is one of Stonham's best-preserved late Federal period houses. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
The Micah Williams House is a historic house at 342 William Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts. The 1+1⁄2-story Greek Revival cottage was built c. 1830 by Micah Williams. Unlike many Greek Revival buildings, which have the gable end facing the street, this one has the front on the roof side, a more traditional colonial orientation. Its facade is five bays wide, with a center entrance sheltered by a hip-roof portico with square columns. The house was built by Williams for his daughter.