Beacon Street Tomb, Wakefield, Mass.

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Title

Beacon Street Tomb, Wakefield, Mass.

Subject

Lakeside Cemetery (Wakefield, Mass.)
Beacon Street Tomb (Wakefield, Mass.);Sepulchral monuments -- Massachusetts -- Wakefield -- Pictorial works; Tombs -- Massachusetts; Cemeteries -- Massachusetts -- Wakefield -- Pictorial works.
Wakefield (Mass.) -- Pictorial works.

Description

Photos show views of the tomb structure located on Beacon Street at the southern edge of Lakeside Cemetery. The granite ashlar Greek Revival style building was built around 1848 and has a pedimented gable on the south side supported by four Doric columns. The building was originally used to house caskets during the winter when the ground was frozen. Photos taken at 11:15 a.m. on Monday, June 30, 2008.;The tomb is on the National Register of Historic Places.;Detailed entry in building survey, "The cultural resources of Wakefield", pD116.

Creator

Klapes, Jeffrey M., 1964-

Publisher

Wakefield, Mass. : The author,

Date

2008

Coverage

Wakefield (Mass.) -- Pictorial works.

Files

Citation

Klapes, Jeffrey M., 1964-, “Beacon Street Tomb, Wakefield, Mass.,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 21, 2013, http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/7514.

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