place

House at 2 Nichols Street

Houses completed in 1890Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wakefield, MassachusettsShingle Style architecture in MassachusettsShingle Style housesWakefield, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs
WakefieldMA 2NicholsStreet
WakefieldMA 2NicholsStreet

The House at 2 Nichols Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts, is a well-preserved, architecturally eclectic house built in the 1890s. The 1+1⁄2-story frame house has elements of the Tudor Revival, Queen Anne, and Shingle styles, and is one of two identical houses built by local builder Berndt Heurlin. It has a hip roof, but transverse gables, one of which has a rounded bay, giving it a Queen Anne feel. The foundation exterior is fieldstone, and there are several stained glass windows.The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.The house was also the childhood home of the renowned Swedish-American artist, Magnus Colcord Heurlin (July 5, 1895 – March 10, 1986). Colcord Heurlin attended the Fenway School of Illustration in Boston, MA, where he studied under Harold Mathews Brett (1880-1955), the director of the newly opened school. Heurlin began illustrating covers for pulp magazines in the 1920s and 1930s and later joined the WPA Federal Arts Project, creating two murals for the Bedford Elementary School in Westport, CT. But he is best known for his vivid, oil-pastel depictions of Alaskan natives and early settler life in northern Alaska.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article House at 2 Nichols Street (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

House at 2 Nichols Street
Prospect Street,

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: House at 2 Nichols StreetContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 42.505833333333 ° E -71.083888888889 °
placeShow on map

Address

Prospect Street 53
01880
Massachusetts, United States
mapOpen on Google Maps

WakefieldMA 2NicholsStreet
WakefieldMA 2NicholsStreet
Share experience

Nearby Places

Elizabeth Boit House
Elizabeth Boit House

The Elizabeth Boit House is a historic house at 127 Chestnut Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts. Elizabeth Boit, co-founder of the Harvard Knitting Mills, also built on the west side, creating an estate compound on the summit of Cowdry's Hill that included three residences, formal gardens, a playhouse, and greenhouse. All three residences, 88 and 90 Prospect Street, and 127 Chestnut Street (1910-1913), were designed in the English Cottage style by Wakefield architect Harland Perkins. The stucco structures have red tile roofs, recessed entries, exposed purlins, and irregular fenestration. This, the main house is 2+1⁄2 stories in height, with an angled three-part layout, and is oriented toward the courtyard formed by the three buildings.This house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, for its architecture, and for its association with Elizabeth Boit. She was one of the first highly placed female executives in the male-dominated management ranks of textile firms of the period, and is believed to be the only woman in a top executive position in the United States textile industry in 1923. She pioneered improvements in worker conditions, offering health care to factory workers and providing bonuses based on company profits. The compound she built at Chestnut and Prospect Streets is the only surviving estate of Wakefield's leading business executives. The home was listed for sale on September 16, 2021, for $1,990,000 and sold on November 4, 2021, for $2,750,000.