Walking tours of Wakefield
Wakefield's register runs heavily to houses, 67 listings of that kind. Federal is the style recorded most often on these buildings.
4 themed routes run through those listings. Of the routes below, one follows a single style, one follows one kind of building and two follow a single decade. A subject becomes a route only where the register holds enough of it close enough together to walk.
Every listing in Wakefield → · 93 in all
The routes
- StyleFederal houses in Wakefield11 stops · 2.1 miles · stops last changed Sep 18, 2026Federal architecture is a restrained classical manner with flat wall surfaces, fanlights over the door and delicate ornament around openings and mantels. The Wakefield examples on this route went up between 1750 and 1840.
- Building typeHouses and mansions in Wakefield15 stops · 1.1 miles · stops last changed Sep 18, 2026The route links houses built between 1795 and 1922. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk.
- Decade builtWakefield in the 1880s10 stops · 1.9 miles · stops last changed Sep 18, 2026Every stop carries a construction date in the 1880s. Queen Anne style is the style recorded on more of them than any other.
- Decade builtWakefield in the 1910s10 stops · 2.0 miles · stops last changed Sep 18, 2026Every stop carries a construction date in the 1910s. American Craftsman is the style recorded on more of them than any other.
Every route holds at least ten stops and stays under two and a half miles. Routes are computed from the coordinates in the National Park Service National Register spatial data or, where it has no point, Wikidata, and the distances are straight lines between stops. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Local history books for Wakefield
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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.