Stoneham in the 1850s
Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan each held the office. The Compromise of 1850 carried a stricter Fugitive Slave Act, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 reopened the territorial fight and led to violence in Kansas. Railroad mileage roughly tripled over the decade. What Stoneham kept from the decade leans to Italianate, the label the records put on 6 of these stops.
Every stop carries a construction date in the 1850s. The route covers 10 of them and runs 1.5 miles end to end.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Sep 18, 2026.
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Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Enoch Fuller House72 Pine St.Building · built 1850 · listed 1984start
- 2Benjamin Hibbard Residence5-7 Gerry St.Building · built 1850 · listed 19840.1 mi from stop 1
- 3South School9-11 Gerry St.Building · built 1857 · listed 1984119 ft from stop 2
- 4Padilla Beard House18 Maple St.Building · built 1850 · listed 19840.2 mi from stop 3
- 5T.u. Lyon House9 Warren St.Building · built 1850 · listed 1984512 ft from stop 4
- 6William Griffin Fuller House32 Franklin St.Building · built 1850 · listed 19840.2 mi from stop 5
- 7Michael Foley Cottage14 Emerson St.Building · built 1855 · listed 1984380 ft from stop 6
- 8Shoe Shop-Doucette Ten Footer36 William St.Building · built 1850 · listed 19840.2 mi from stop 7
- 9Bryant, William, Octagon HouseSpring and Washington Sts.Building · built 1851 · listed 19840.2 mi from stop 8
- 10David Kenney House67 Summer St.Building · built 1850 · listed 19840.5 mi from stop 9
1.5 straight-line miles over 9 legs. Printed from registeratlas.com/tours/ma/stoneham/era-1850s/
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 10 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Other walks in Stoneham
- Italianate houses in Stoneham15 stops · 1.4 milesItalianate buildings have low roofs with wide bracketed eaves, tall narrow windows and heavy hoods over the openings. The Stoneham examples on this route went up between 1850 and 1880.
- Greek Revival houses in Stoneham12 stops · 2.0 milesGreek Revival buildings carry low pitched gables, heavy cornices and columned porticoes modelled on Greek temples. The Stoneham examples on this route went up between 1825 and 1860.