{"nrhp_refnum":"89000714","name":"Beacon Street Tomb","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Beacon St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wakefield","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.509854852000046,"lon":-71.08002007699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-07-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Greek Revival cemetery tomb of ashlar granite on Beacon Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts, built c. 1858-60 on the southern border of Lakeside Cemetery.","why_significant":"The tomb is described as one of the purest Greek Revival buildings in Wakefield. It retains integrity of location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. It also reflects the mid-19th century development of Lakeside Cemetery as a public cemetery near Lake Quannapowitt, meeting Criteria A and C at the local level.","narrative":"Built around 1858-60 on the southern edge of Lakeside Cemetery in Wakefield, this small granite tomb is a one-story Greek Revival building with ashlar walls and a gable roof. The roof extends at the south front into a pediment carried on filled Doric columns, and a double-leaf entrance opens on that facade. The stucco-covered tympanum holds a louvered oculus, and there are no windows. The tomb stored caskets through the winter, when frozen ground could not be dug for burial, and served the cemetery from its construction until recently. Lakeside Cemetery was laid out on the shore of Lake Quannapowitt by a group of South Reading citizens, on land that had belonged to one of the many ice companies on the lake, because the First Parish Cemetery could not meet the needs of a growing population. The building is regarded as one of the purest examples of Greek Revival design in Wakefield and keeps its original materials and setting. It is now vacant and in fair condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is listed as vacant; condition is fair, with no major alterations. The tomb served the cemetery until recently.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.515067-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/2/7917/63791702/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000714.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000714/259fb1539c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000714/259fb1539c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WakefieldMA_BeaconStreetTomb.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WakefieldMA_BeaconStreetTomb.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791702","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beacon_Street_Tomb","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4875988"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/beacon-street-tomb-89000714/"}