National Register of Historic Places

Brown, C.H., Cottage

Stoneham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Listed
April 12, 1984
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
84002525

About this property

The C.H. Brown Cottage is a historic house at 34 Wright Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts. Probably built in the 1830s, it is a well-preserved example of worker housing built for employees of local shoe factories. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The C.H. Brown Cottage stands in a residential area one block west of Stoneham's Central Square, on the west side of Wright Street midway between Maple and Lincoln Streets. It is a small 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Its front facade is two bays wide, with pilastered corners and a narrow entablature on the sides. The main entrance is in the right bay, flanked by full-length sidelight windows and pilasters, which support an entablature and cornice. A single-story ell of modern construction extends to the rear. The cottage was probably built in sometime in the 1830s, based on stylistic analysis; its original owner is unknown. A later owner, C.H. Brown, was one of the proprietors of a local tannery; he lived in a mansion at Chestnut and Maple Streets. It is one of a modest number of worker housing units to survive from Stoneham's early industrial period as shoemaking center. National Register of Historic Places listings in Stoneham, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Location

34 Wright St.
Stoneham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
42.47874, -71.10222

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When was Brown, C.H., Cottage listed on the National Register?

Brown, C.H., Cottage was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 12, 1984.

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Brown, C.H., Cottage is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Brown, C.H., Cottage is recorded as the industrial era.

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