{"nrhp_refnum":"89000683","name":"House at 7 Salem Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7 Salem St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wakefield","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.50840024000007,"lon":-71.07084331599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-07-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A dwelling at 7 Salem Street in Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, built between 1855 and 1857 in a transitional Greek Revival/Italianate style. It is part of the Wakefield multiple resource area.","why_significant":"The house has a form common in Wakefield, but its earred front door surround and tall first-floor windows are rare locally. These features may point to a non-local builder or a pattern-book source. It also reflects Wakefield's growth as a railroad town, through its 1857 resident, a Boston and Maine Railroad ticket agent.","narrative":"This house at 7 Salem Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts, dates from about 1855 to 1857 and is still used as a dwelling. It is a 2 1/2-story building with cross gables and a side-hall plan, combining Greek Revival and Italianate elements. The arched gable window and paired brackets under the gable roof are Italianate, while the earred surrounds are Greek Revival. The form is common in Wakefield, but the earred front door surround and tall first-floor windows are rare in the town. They suggest a builder from outside the area, a pattern-book design, or a copied example from another town. The 1857 resident, John S. Eaton, was ticket agent for the Boston and Maine Railroad. Rail service, which began in 1844, helped turn Wakefield from a rural farming community into a manufacturing center and later a commuter suburb. The house has been altered only modestly, with a replaced porch rail and new door around 1920, and it keeps its integrity.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate (transitional Greek Revival/Italianate)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is a dwelling; condition is described as fair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:00.744252-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/20/7910/63791020/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000683.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000683/ca301ee020-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000683/ca301ee020-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_at_7_Salem_Street,_Wakefield_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_at_7_Salem_Street,_Wakefield_MA.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"89000754","name":"Common District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/common-district-89000754/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791020","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_7_Salem_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5914468"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/house-at-7-salem-street-89000683/"}