{"nrhp_refnum":"89000710","name":"Buildings at 35-37 Richardson Avenue","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"35--37 Richardson Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wakefield","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.502242874000046,"lon":-71.07270878299994,"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 pair of 2½-story row house apartment buildings at 35-37 Richardson Avenue in Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, built about 1912-15 in the Rational Revival style. The architect is not named.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the buildings are among the first apartment rows built in Wakefield, together with the row at 38-48 Richardson Avenue. It states they keep their integrity and meet criterion C at the local level. They also reflect the development of Richardson Avenue, laid out by Solon O. Richardson, as the town center grew.","narrative":"Two parallel row house buildings at 35-37 Richardson Avenue in Wakefield, Massachusetts, were built around 1912-15 as apartments and are still used that way. They are 2½ stories tall, with hipped roofs, wide eaves, exposed purlins and shingled walls on high fieldstone foundations. Ornament centers on paired porches with lattice supports under hipped roofs, and one-story bays add variety to the simple Rational Revival design. They were recognized for architecture, as among the first apartment rows in Wakefield, along with the row across the street at 38-48. Richardson Avenue was laid out by Solon O. Richardson, who divided his property near the town center between 1890 and 1899 and built the Richardson Block in 1901, extending the center west of Main Street. The buildings are in fair condition and show no major alterations, keeping their original location, setting, design and materials.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Rational Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition is described as fair; present use is row house apartments, with no major alterations or outbuildings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:02.166559-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/22/7912/63791222/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000710.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000710/ce2aad872f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000710/ce2aad872f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wakefield_35-37_Richardson.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wakefield_35-37_Richardson.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791222","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buildings_at_35%E2%80%9337_Richardson_Avenue","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4986641"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/buildings-at-35-37-richardson-avenue-89000710/"}