The Vale
Added to the National Register in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark.
The record
| Register name | Vale, The |
| Property type | Building |
| Address | Lyman and Beaver Sts., Waltham, MA |
| County | Middlesex County |
| Listed | Dec 30, 1970 |
| Listed for | Landscape architecture, Architecture |
| Level of significance | National |
| Also known as | Theodore Lyman Estate |
| Reference number | 70000737 |
| Architect | Samuel McIntire |
| Style | Federal architecture, Colonial Revival architecture |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Lyman and Beaver Sts., Waltham, MA |
| Coordinates | 42.3835° N, 71.2288° W · Directions ↗ |
| Also in Waltham | 109 listed places in Waltham → · walking tours → |
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Questions people ask
When was The Vale listed on the National Register?
Dec 30, 1970. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
Who designed The Vale?
Samuel McIntire, working in the Federal architecture and Colonial Revival architecture style.
Source: Wikidata
Where is The Vale?
Lyman and Beaver Sts., Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
Source: National Park Service
Where is the nomination form for The Vale?
The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.
Source: National Archives
Sources
Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 70000737. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.