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745 PORM B-BUILDING MAY 2 3 1989 - MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 Photo (3"x3" or 3"x5", black and white) Indicate address of property on back of photo. Staple to left side of form. AREA FORM NO. D 342 Town Wakefield Address - North Avenue Historic Name Lakeside Cemetery Chapel Chapel Chapel Sketch Map: Draw map showing property's location in relation to nearest cross streets and/or geographical features. Indicate all buildings between inventoried property and nearest intersection(s). Indicate north Use: Present Original DESCRIPTION Date Source 1932 History of Wakefield Style Neo-Gothic Architect NA Exterior Wall Fabric Granite & limestone Outbuildings None Major Alterations (with dates) None Condition Excellent Moved NA Date - NA Acr eage Under one acre Setting Faces west at end of drive from North Avenue.
DIM REFERENCE19/329040/4708280 USGS QUADRANGLE Reading, Mass. SCALE 1:25,000 Recorded by Architectural Preservation Associates Organization Wakefield Historical Commission Date March 1985 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) one of only 2 or 3 Neo-Gothic style buildings in town, this chapel is a well preserved example of the style. It retains integrity of location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association, and meets Criterion C of the NRHP on the local level. ARCHITECIURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community. This is a Neo-Gothic chapel whose design is based on small English country churches. It has a sharply pitched gable roof above its single story. The gable is repeated in an entrance portico. A slate roofed portico extends from the north facade.
There are exterior buttresses on north and south facades. The building is constructed of rough cut, dressed stones with limestone trim at the ogival arched entrance, ogival windows, a watertable and stringcourse. This chapel is one of only two or'three representatives of the style in Wakefield. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE . Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. Lakeside Cemetery was formed in 1846 by a group of Wakefield residents who recognized that the Old Burial Ground was inadeauate to serve the growing population. This site was chosen but was limited to a smaller portion of land on theLake. Land extending to North Avenue was later acquired, a street closed off and several houses removed. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Middlesex County Registry of Deeds, Book 48 plan 71; Filed Plan 349. Eaton, Lilley.
Genealogical History of Reading, Boston, 1874. NPS Form10-000- (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 Section number Page Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Wakefield MRA Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 61. House at 8 Park Street Entered in tha National Register Date/Signature Fkooper AiluBgan 1/6/69 62. House at 88 Prospect Street Entored in the Matlobad degistor Attest treoper AuloueAgan 716/59 Attest 63. House at 9 White Avenue intered 1a the Natlonal Begister Reeper Aulruga Attest 64. House at 90 Prospect Street CKeeper_ Aelougen Entered1a tba Natlonal Begiataz Attest 65. House at 95 Chestnut Street ntered in the National Register VKeeper AelmuBigun 7/6/59 66. Item Building Entered 10 the Nationai Register 67.
Jordan, Dr. Charles, House intered in the National Register 68. Kendall, Deacon Thomas, House Entered 1o tha National Begistez 69. Lakeside Cemetery Chapel Attest CReoper helouBge 216/89 Attest 2/6/89 Attest Hreeper AelouBzui >16/89 Attest /Keeper_ AilruBgen7/6/89 1. + Naticui Zer 70.
Lynnwood untered in the National Register Attest tkeeper AllmulSgen 116/89 Attest UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY NAME: Lakeside Cemetery Chapel MULTIPLE wakefield MRA NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Middlesex DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: 5/23/89 6/22/89 DATE OF PENDING LIST: 6/06/89 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 7/07/89 REFERENCE NUMBER: 89000745 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: OTHER: N PDIL: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N N N COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT RETURN REJECT 7/6/89 DATE Entered in tne National Register ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM./CRITERIA REVIEWER DISCIPLINE DATE DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N CLASSIFICATION count _resource type STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION FUNCTION historic current DESCRIPTION architectural classification materials descriptive text SIGNIFICANCE Period Areas of Significance--Check and justify below Specific dates Builder/Architect Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception other BIBLIOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHICAL DATA acreage _verbal boundary description UTMS boundary justification ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION sketch maps _USGS maps _photographs presentation OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date D342 Lakeside Chapel, North npisa 9616 6000 8P164:11601966 EDSON 5902 D342 LAKESIDE CEMETARY CHAPEL NORTH AVENUE 6 SCALE: 1'=80" CEMETERY 21.59 ACRES 890 = NORTH 770.
28280 205 CEMETERY 33 140 STREET 174 48A 116500 48B 5400 74 133 BEACON 157.75 18580 53 118. CEMETERY 1567 235 CEMETERY 328.20 56 3.5/ ACRES STREET 58 23 CEMETERY 1.49 ACRES 494.5 LAKESIDE 15053 CEMETERYO 63 245 AVE. REVISED Scale: 1 inch equals 80 feet Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000300