Beacon Street Tomb

Beacon Street Tomb
Location Wakefield, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°30′35″N 71°4′50″W / 42.50972°N 71.08056°W / 42.50972; -71.08056Coordinates: 42°30′35″N 71°4′50″W / 42.50972°N 71.08056°W / 42.50972; -71.08056
Built 1858
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Greek Revival
MPS Wakefield MRA
NRHP Reference #

89000714

[1]
Added to NRHP July 6, 1989

The Beacon Street Tomb is a historic receiving tomb in the Lakeside Cemetery of Wakefield, Massachusetts. It is a single story Greek Revival structure built of ashlar granite. On its south elevation, which faces Beacon Street, there are four Doric columns supporting a pedimented gable with a louvered oculus window. There are no windows, and a double-leaf door on the southern elevation. The structure was used to store caskets during the winter months when burial was impossible due to frozen ground.[2]

The tomb was built in 1858 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Beacon Street Tomb". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-27.


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