House at 12 West Water Street

House at 12 West Water Street
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
House at 12 West Water Street
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Location	12 W. Water St., Wakefield, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°30′7″N 71°4′17″W / 42.50194°N 71.07139°W / 42.50194; -71.07139
Built	1860
Architectural style	Second Empire, Mansard
MPS	Wakefield MRA
NRHP reference No.	89000708 [1]
Added to NRHP	July 06, 1989

The House at 12 West Water Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts is a rare local example of a Second Empire house. The wood-frame house was built around 1860, and has two full stories, and a third beneath the mansard roof. It is three bays wide, with a wide double-door entry, and a porch across the front with elaborately decorated posts. The house may have been built by Cyrus Wakefield, owner of the Wakefield Rattan Company, and sold to a company employee. A later owner was George Cox, who owned a billiard parlor in the town center.^[2]

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

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