House at 23 Salem Street, Wakefield, Mass.

House at 23 Salem Street, Wakefield, Mass.

Architecture, Domestic -- Massachusetts -- Wakefield -- Pictorial works.

Wakefield (Mass.) -- Pictorial works.

Photos show the house located at 23 Salem Street on the north side of the street near the Common. Built around 1795, the Federal vernacular style house is clad in asbestos shingles. An Italianate porch and two story ell were added in the 1850s or 1860s. The house was built by Elias Emerson, who later sold it to Timothy Poole, whose son Franklin Poole, a local artist, was born in 1808. Photos taken at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 15, 2008.;Detailed entry in building survey, "The cultural resources of Wakefield", pA76.;The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Klapes, Jeffrey M., 1964-

Wakefield, Mass. : The author,

2008

Wakefield (Mass.) -- Pictorial works.