Waltham in the 1890s
Grover Cleveland returned in 1893 and William McKinley took office in 1897. The Panic of 1893 brought a severe depression, and the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago the same year made the classical civic style the national fashion. The war with Spain in 1898 left the country with overseas territory. What Waltham kept from the decade leans to Queen Anne style, the label the records put on 3 of these stops.
Every stop carries a construction date in the 1890s. 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.
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
- 1E. Sybbill Banks House27 Appleton St.Building · built 1892 · listed 1989start
- 2Christ Episcopal Church750 Main St.Building · built 1898 · listed 19890.4 mi from stop 1
- 3Waltham Water Works Shop92 Felton St.Building · built 1894 · listed 19890.2 mi from stop 2
- 4The Oxford4 Adams St.Building · built 1897 · listed 19890.2 mi from stop 3
- 5Stark Building414 Moody St.Building · built 1891 · listed 19890.2 mi from stop 4
- 6Beth Eden Baptist Church82 Maple St.Building · built 1891 · listed 19890.1 mi from stop 5
- 7Moody Street Fire Station533 Moody St.Building · built 1890 · listed 1989268 ft from stop 6
- 8Aaron Martin Houses188--194 Adams St.Building · built 1893 · listed 19890.3 mi from stop 7
- 9Wetherbee House357 Crescent St.Building · built 1892 · listed 19890.1 mi from stop 8
- 10O'Hara Waltham Dial Company74 Rumford Ave.Building · built 1897 · listed 19890.4 mi from stop 9
2.0 straight-line miles over 9 legs. Printed from registeratlas.com/tours/ma/waltham/era-1890s/
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 Waltham
- Renaissance Revival houses in Waltham10 stops · 1.8 milesRenaissance Revival draws on the Italian palazzo, with a rusticated ground floor, round arched windows and a strong horizontal cornice. The Waltham examples on this route went up between 1800 and 1915.
- Greek Revival houses in Waltham12 stops · 2.2 milesGreek Revival buildings carry low pitched gables, heavy cornices and columned porticoes modelled on Greek temples. The Waltham examples on this route went up between 1831 and 1855.
- Queen Anne houses in Waltham10 stops · 2.4 milesQueen Anne is a late Victorian manner of irregular plans, steep roofs, turrets, bay windows and wrapping porches. The Waltham examples on this route went up between 1877 and 1893.
- Houses and mansions in Waltham13 stops · 1.7 milesThe route links houses built between 1776 and 1891. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk.