Wedgemere Historic District

Wedgemere is a residential neighborhood of roughly 39 acres at the center of Winchester, Massachusetts. It began in 1891 when a land syndicate led by Frank B. Forsyth bought 75 acres of farmland and market gardens known as Wyman's Plain. The syndicate failed in the financial panic of 1893, but lots sold steadily to Boston business and professional families. The district opened the town's west side to suburban growth and is the largest 19th-century subdivision in Winchester. Its grid of broad streets, large lots, deep setbacks and mature shade trees frames large houses in Queen Anne, Shingle, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival and Craftsman-derived styles. Notable examples include the 1904 Phineas Nickerson House, an early Tudor Revival house, and the 1908 Arthur C. Lombard House, a Spanish Colonial Revival design described as perhaps the best of its kind in the Boston region. Of 117 houses, 19 are intrusions. The district was recognized for its history and architecture.