House at 48 Meriam Street, Wakefield, Mass.

House at 48 Meriam Street, Wakefield, Mass.

Architecture, Domestic -- Massachusetts -- Wakefield -- Pictorial works; Samuel Gould House (Wakefield, Mass.)

Wakefield (Mass.) -- Pictorial works.

Photos show views of the house located at 48 Meriam Street on the east side of the street. The house has a long, thin lot extending along the railroad tracks. Built around 1735 by Samuel Gould, the Georgian home has wood clapboards, a gambrel roof, and two interior chimneys. Dr. Horatio M. Meriam, for whom Meriam Street is named, lived in the house in the 1880s and planted an extensive garden of exotic trees and flowers on the property. Photos taken at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 17, 2008.;The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.;Detailed entry in building survey, "The cultural resources of Wakefield", pC14.

Klapes, Jeffrey M., 1964-

Wakefield, Mass. : The author,

2008

Wakefield (Mass.) -- Pictorial works.