House at 32 Morrison Road

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House at 32 Morrison Road
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32 Morrison Road
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Location32 Morrison Rd., Wakefield, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°30′1″N71°5′20″W / 42.50028°N 71.08889°W / 42.50028; -71.08889
Built1906
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPS Wakefield MRA
NRHP reference No. 89000723 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 06, 1989

The House at 32 Morrison Road in Wakefield, Massachusetts is a well-preserved, architecturally eclectic, house in the Wakefield Park section of town. The 2+12-story wood-frame house features a gambrel roof with a cross gable gambrel section. Set in the front gable end is a Palladian window arrangement. The porch has a fieldstone apron, with Ionic columns supporting a pedimented roof. Above the front entry rises a two-story turret with conical roof. The house was built c. 1906–08, as part of the Wakefield Park subdivision begun in the 1880s by J.S. Merrill. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "NRHP nomination for House at 32 Morrison Road". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-05.