{"nrhp_refnum":"89000746","name":"House at 509 North Avenue","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"509 North Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wakefield","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.509742748000065,"lon":-71.08123351199998,"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 small 1½-story frame Greek Revival/early Italianate dwelling at 509 North Avenue in Wakefield, Massachusetts, built about 1848 and probably moved to its present site at the edge of Lakeside Cemetery.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a well-preserved example of local Greek Revival design, notable for its conservative detailing such as a boxed cornice with returns and a central chimney. It also reflects the development of the Lakeside Cemetery area on former ice company land and the Irish workers who settled there.","narrative":"This modest house at 509 North Avenue in Wakefield is a 1½-story clapboard dwelling, three bays wide and one deep, dated to about 1848. Brick and cement block foundations suggest it was moved to its site, possibly before 1869. Its Greek Revival character appears in the gable roof with a boxed cornice and returns above a wide frieze, plain door and window surrounds, and a central chimney that matches Wakefield's conservative pattern. A porch and east ell were added around 1890. The lot lies beside Lakeside Cemetery on land once held by ice companies, some of which was sold to the cemetery in 1846 and then laid out in lots and streets. Many residents of the street were Irish immigrants who came from the 1850s to work in rattan and shoe factories. Dennis O'Connell, born in Ireland and listed as a shoemaker in 1869, lived here. The house was listed for its well-preserved local architecture.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival/early Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Recorded in 1985 as a dwelling in fair condition; the porch and a one-story east ell were added about 1890.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:00.825616-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/42/7909/63790942/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000746.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000746/862a4aefa5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000746/862a4aefa5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WakefieldMA_509NorthAvenue.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_509NorthAvenue.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790942","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_509_North_Avenue","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5914369"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/house-at-509-north-avenue-89000746/"}