Charles Buck House
Charles Buck House | ||
MPS Stoneham MRA | | |
NRHP reference No. | 84002527 [1] | |
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Added to NRHP | April 13, 1984 |
The Charles Buck House is a historic house at 68 Pleasant Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts. Built about 1880 for a dealer in hide, this modest Italianate house occupies the site of Stoneham's first meetinghouse and school. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
Description and history
The Charles Buck House stands on a rise overlooking the junction of Summer and Pleasant Streets, a few blocks east of Stoneham's Central Square. This area was in the 18th century the town center, established after Stoneham was separated from
The house was built c. 1880 for Charles Buck, owner of a wholesale hide business. His main business was in Boston, but he also maintained a shop in Central Square. Buck's carriage barn also survives, but is standing on an adjacent lot.[2]
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Stoneham, 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.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Charles Buck House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-22.