House at 8 Park Street

House at 8 Park Street
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	8 Park St., Wakefield, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°30′23.05″N 71°4′15.17″W / 42.5064028°N 71.0708806°W / 42.5064028; -71.0708806Coordinates: 42°30′23.05″N 71°4′15.17″W / 42.5064028°N 71.0708806°W / 42.5064028; -71.0708806
Built	1852
Architectural style	Italianate
MPS	Wakefield MRA
NRHP reference No.	89000689 [1]
Added to NRHP	July 06, 1989

The House at 8 Park Street, also known as the Dr. Joseph Poland House, is a historic house at 8 Park Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1852 for Dr. Joseph Poland, who only briefly practiced in the town. The house is in a vernacular Italianate style, with a two-story ell on the rear and a porch on the right side. The house has elongated windows with entablatured surrounds. The porch and front portico are supported by turned columns with bracketed tops, the building corners are pilastered, and there are paired brackets found in the eaves and gable ends.^[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.^[1]

See also[]

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Wakefield, Massachusetts
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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