Wakefield in the 1910s
William Howard Taft served until 1913 and Woodrow Wilson followed. The Panama Canal opened in 1914 and the country entered the First World War in 1917. The influenza pandemic killed several hundred thousand Americans in 1918. Congress passed the Eighteenth Amendment on prohibition and sent the Nineteenth Amendment on women's suffrage to the states. What Wakefield kept from the decade leans to American Craftsman, the label the records put on 6 of these stops.
Every stop carries a construction date in the 1910s. The route covers 10 of them and runs 2.0 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
- 1Massachusetts State ArmoryMain St.Building · built 1913 · listed 1989start
- 2Item Building26 Albion St.Building · built 1912 · listed 19890.2 mi from stop 1
- 3Buildings at 35--37 Richardson Avenue35--37 Richardson Ave.Building · built 1912 · listed 1989486 ft from stop 2
- 4Building at 38--48 Richardson Avenue38--48 Richardson Ave.Building · built 1912 · listed 19890.1 mi from stop 3
- 5House at 88 Prospect Street88 Prospect St.Building · built 1913 · listed 19890.6 mi from stop 4
- 6House at 90 Prospect Street90 Prospect St.Building · built 1913 · listed 1989165 ft from stop 5
- 7Elizabeth Boit House127 Chestnut St.Building · built 1911 · listed 1989168 ft from stop 6
- 8House at 13 Sheffield Road13 Sheffield Rd.Building · built 1918 · listed 19890.2 mi from stop 7
- 9House at 30 Sheffield Road30 Sheffield Rd.Building · built 1917 · listed 1989397 ft from stop 8
- 10House at 380 Albion Street380 Albion St.Building · built 1910 · listed 19890.8 mi from stop 9
2.0 straight-line miles over 9 legs. Printed from registeratlas.com/tours/ma/wakefield/era-1910s/
Taking it along
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- Federal houses in Wakefield11 stops · 2.1 milesFederal 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.
- Houses and mansions in Wakefield15 stops · 1.1 milesThe route links houses built between 1795 and 1922. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk.
- Wakefield in the 1880s10 stops · 1.9 milesEvery stop carries a construction date in the 1880s. Queen Anne style is the style recorded on more of them than any other.