{"nrhp_refnum":"89000724","name":"House at 20 Morrison Road","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"20 Morrison Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wakefield","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.50139337400003,"lon":-71.08971860399998,"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 2½-story Colonial Revival dwelling at 20 Morrison Road in Wakefield, Massachusetts, built around 1890 on land that was part of the Wakefield Park development.","why_significant":"The form describes it as one of the more elaborately detailed Colonial Revival houses in town, notable for an unusual semi-circular portico on Doric columns. It is also tied to the 1880s-90s Wakefield Park development and to Cyrus Wakefield, nephew of the town's namesake. It is judged to meet Criteria A and C at the local level.","narrative":"This 2½-story Colonial Revival house at 20 Morrison Road in Wakefield, Massachusetts, dates from about 1890 and is clad in clapboards. It sits behind a white fence on a lot shaded by fir trees. Its most distinctive feature is a semi-circular portico supported by Doric columns, which is unusual in a town where Colonial Revival buildings tend to be more conservative. Other details include a broad doorway with wide leaded sidelights, an open side porch with a turned balustrade, windows with 8/1 sash under hood lintels with a row of guttae, and three pedimented dormers. The land once belonged to the estate of Dr. Charles Jordan and was sold off in the 1880s and 1890s for the Wakefield Park development. A later owner was Cyrus Wakefield, nephew of the rattan manufacturer for whom the town was renamed in 1868; the house was probably held as an investment. It was listed for its architecture and local development history.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition listed as fair; present use is a dwelling; a c.1920s garage is noncontributing; no major alterations noted.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:02.15731-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/59/7906/63790659/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000724.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000724/737ddd707d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000724/737ddd707d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WakefieldMA_20MorrisonRoad.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_20MorrisonRoad.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790659","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_20_Morrison_Road","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5914101"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/house-at-20-morrison-road-89000724/"}