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Dr. Thomas Simpson House

Coordinates: 42°31′6″N 71°4′35″W / 42.51833°N 71.07639°W / 42.51833; -71.07639
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Dr. Thomas Simpson House
Dr. Thomas Simpson House is located in Massachusetts
Dr. Thomas Simpson House
Dr. Thomas Simpson House is located in the United States
Dr. Thomas Simpson House
Location114 Main St., Wakefield, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°31′6″N 71°4′35″W / 42.51833°N 71.07639°W / 42.51833; -71.07639
Arealess than one acre
Built1750
Architectural styleGeorgian, Federal
MPSWakefield MRA
NRHP reference No.89000665 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 06, 1989

The Dr. Thomas Simpson House is a historic house at 114 Main Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts. It is a 2+12-story timber-frame house, in a local variant of Georgian style that is three bays wide and four deep, with a side gable roof. Its primary entrance, facing west toward Lake Quannapowitt, has sidelight windows and pilasters supporting an entablature, while a secondary south-facing entrance has the same styling, except with a transom window instead of sidelights. The core of this house was built by Dr. Thomas Simpson sometime before 1750, and has been added onto several times. It was restyled in the Federal period, when the door surrounds would have been added.[2]

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

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Dr. Thomas Simpson House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-11.