Caleb Wiley House

Historic house in Massachusetts, United States

United States historic place


Caleb Wiley House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


42°29′54″N 71°6′27″W / 42.49833°N 71.10750°W / 42.49833; -71.10750
Built	1826
Architectural style	Federal
MPS	Stoneham MRA
NRHP reference No.	84002848 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 13, 1984

The Caleb Wiley House is a historic house at 125 North Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts. Built c. 1826, this 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house is one of Stonham's best-preserved late Federal period houses. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[1]

Description and history

The Caleb Wiley House is set on the north side of North Street, a major east–west route through residential areas of northwestern Stoneham, amid 20th-century residential houses that are mostly on smaller lots. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof, twin rear-wall chimneys, clapboard siding, and a granite foundation. Window and door surrounds are simple, with the second-floor windows butting against the cornice, a typical Federal period feature. Its front door is sheltered by a portico that is early 20th century in appearance, and has flanking sidelight windows.^[2] A screen porch is attached to the left side, and a modern addition is attached to the rear.

The house was built about 1826 by Caleb Wiley, at a time when North Street was lined with larger properties mainly in agricultural use. The original 47-acre (19 ha) lot of this house has long since been subdivided into residences, but this property retains mature plantings, and the main house is relatively little-altered since its construction.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "NRHP nomination for Caleb Wiley House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-23.

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