National Register of Historic Places

Byam, Charles, House

Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Listed
September 27, 1989
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
89001576

About this property

The Charles Byam House is a historic house in Waltham, Massachusetts. Built in 1886, it is a well-preserved example of a modestly scaled Queen Anne period residence. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The Charles Byam House stands in southern Waltham, south of the former Waltham Watch Company factory, on the south side of Crescent Street. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a hip roof and clapboarded exterior. It has a three-part facade, with a projecting central section topped by a gable with a window in the point. The eaves have brackets at the corners, a detail repeated on the single-story porch that lines the front of the house. The house was built in 1886 by Charles Byam, a foreman at the Waltham Watch Company, and is a well-preserved but modest example of Queen Anne styling. The land on which it stands was originally farmland from the Bemis family, purchased by the Waltham Improvement Company, a real estate development organization, in 1854. The lot was originally sold with restrictive covenants (now invalid, but common in the company's sales) restricting ownership to Protestant citizens. The unidentified builder of the house is associated on a stylistic basis with several other houses in the neighborhood. The house remained in the Byam family into the 1920s. National Register of Historic Places listings in Waltham, Massachusetts

Location

337 Crescent St.
Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
42.36297, -71.24262

Categories

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When was Byam, Charles, House listed on the National Register?

Byam, Charles, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 27, 1989.

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Byam, Charles, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Byam, Charles, House is recorded as the industrial era.

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