The Wayside
Built 1714. Added to the National Register in 1980, and a National Historic Landmark.
The record
| Register name | Wayside, The |
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 455 Lexington Rd., Concord, MA |
| County | Middlesex County |
| Listed | Jul 11, 1980 |
| Listed for | Literature, Architecture, Philosophy, Social history |
| Level of significance | National |
| Also known as | Home of Authors |
| Reference number | 80000356 |
| Built | 1714 · more from the 1710s |
| Style | colonial architecture, American colonial architecture, Italianate 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 | 455 Lexington Rd., Concord, MA |
| Coordinates | 42.4589° N, 71.3331° W · Directions ↗ |
| Also in Concord | 26 listed places in Concord → |
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Nearby in Middlesex County
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Public land around it
| Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge ↗National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | About 4 miles away3,883 acres |
Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.
Local history books for Concord
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Guidebooks to historic places and travel in Massachusetts
Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.
Reference
Questions people ask
When was The Wayside listed on the National Register?
Jul 11, 1980. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
When was The Wayside built?
1714, in the colonial architecture, American colonial architecture, and Italianate architecture style.
Source: Wikidata
Where is The Wayside?
455 Lexington Rd., Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
Source: National Park Service
Where is the nomination form for The Wayside?
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 80000356. 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.