E. Boardman House
Historic house in Massachusetts, United States
United States historic place
E. Boardman House | |
 E. Boardman House | |
42°30′31″N 71°4′7″W / 42.50861°N 71.06861°W / 42.50861; -71.06861 | |
| Area | less than one acre |
|---|---|
| Built | 1790 (1790) |
| Architect | Boardman, Elias |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| MPS | Wakefield MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 89000686[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 06, 1989 |
The Elias Boardman House is a historic house at 34 Salem Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts. Built in 1790, it is one of the city's most elaborate examples of Federal period architecture. It was built by Elias Boardman, and was dubbed Boardman's Folly for its extravagance. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
Description and history
The Boardman House stands in a residential area northeast of downtown Wakefield, at the southeast corner of Pleasant and Salem Streets. It is a three-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide and five bays deep, with a hip roof and interior chimneys. The third floor windows, in a typical Federal period twist, are smaller than those on the lower two floors. The building corners have slender pilasters rising to a full entablature and modillioned cornice. It has en elaborate entrance surround, with sidelight windows, pilasters, and a corniced entablature. Above the entrance is a Palladian three-part window that is probably a later addition. The interior follows a central hall plan, and has a particularly fine carved central staircase.[2]
This large Federal style house was built in 1790 by Elias Boardman, a builder who had worked extensively in Boston. The house's decorations were so extravagant for what was then rural South Reading it was dubbed "Boardman's Folly". The stylistic elements are more typical of those found in the more sophisticated settings of Boston and Salem.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Wakefield, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for E. Boardman House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
- v
- t
- e
Wakefield, Massachusetts
- Incorporated in 1812
- Based in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Population 27,090
- Wakefield
- History
- Crimes
- Massacre
- Standoff
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Government
- Education
- Neighborhoods
- Transportation
- Media
- Points of Interest
- Annual events
- Sports
- Notable residents
- Suggested reading
| Government |
|---|
- Camp Curtis Guild
- Center for Applied Special Technology
- Daily Item
- Daily Times Chronicle
- Hockey East (headquartered in Wakefield)
- Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
- MBTA bus routes
- MBTA stations
- Wakefield
- Greenwood
- Nazareth Academy
- Our Lady of Nazareth Academy
- Paul K. Guillow, Inc.
- Wakefield High School (WHS)
- Wakefield Savings Bank
- Xura, Inc.
- Pleasure Island (defunct)
- Lake Quannapowitt
- Saugus River
- Russell Banks
- Lucius Beebe
- Elizabeth Boit
- Bruce Brown Jr.
- Scott Brown
- Joe Cannata
- Rich Ceisler
- Carleton S. Coon
- David Dellinger
- Anthony Fabiano
- Ernie Gahan
- Kayla Harrison
- Israel Horovitz
- Mark Kumpel
- Dave Lapham
- John Lilley
- Rachel Levine
- A. David Mazzone
- Marcia Pankratz
- Jimmy Pedro
- Quonopohit
- Buffy Sainte-Marie
- Louis Sullivan
- Richard Tisei
- Ernest Tyzzer
- John Anthony Volpe
- Cyrus Wakefield (namesake)
- Burrage Yale
(Houses)
- 18A & 20 Aborn Av.
- 6 Adams St.
- 380 Albion St.
- Avon St.
- 5 Bennett St.
- E. Boardman House
- Elizabeth Boit House
- Chestnut St.
- 39 Converse St.
- 28 Cordis St.
- Cowdry Houses
- 40 Crescent St.
- Emerson-Franklin Poole House
- 26 Francis Av.
- Captain Goodwin-James Eustis House
- Samuel Gould House
- Capt. William Green House
- Deacon Daniel Green House
- 118 Greenwood St.
- 20 Hancock Rd.
- 42 Hopkins St.
- Dr. Charles Jordan House
- Deacon Thomas Kendall House
- 15 Lawrence St.
- Lawrence St.
- 556 Lowell St.
- Main St.
- 1 Morrison Av.
- Morrison Rd.
- 2 Nichols St.
- 509 North Av.
- 52 Oak St.
- Oliver House
- Park St.
- 22 Parker Rd.
- Prospect St.
- Richardson Avenue Rowhouses
- Dr. S. O. Richardson House
- Salem St.
- Sheffield Rd.
- Dr. Thomas Simpson House
- 54 Spring St.
- William Stimpson House
- Sweetser Houses
- D. Horace Tilton House
- 193 Vernon St.
- 12 W. Water St.
- Wave Av.
- 9 White Av.
- 28 Wiley St.
- Suell Winn House
- Charles Winship House
- 1 Woodcrest Dr.
(Buildings and Districts)
- Beacon Street Tomb
- Beebe Homestead
- Center (or Centre) Depot
- Church–Lafayette Sts. Hist. Dist.
- Common District
- Flanley's Block
- Greenwood Union Church
- Col. James Hartshorne House
- Item Building
- Lakeside Cemetery Chapel
- Lynnwood
- Massachusetts State Armory
- South Reading Academy
- St. Joseph School
- Temple Israel Cemetery
- Main Post Office
- Wakefield Park
- Wakefield Rattan Company
- Wakefield Trust Company
- Wakefield Upper Depot
- H. M. Warren School
- West Ward School
- Woodville School
- Woodward Homestead
- Yale Avenue Historic District
Neighboring towns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||
Media related to Wakefield at Wikimedia Commons
| |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topics |  | ||||||||||||||||
| Lists by county | |||||||||||||||||
| Lists by city |
| ||||||||||||||||
| Other lists | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
