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Walter K. Foster House

Coordinates: 42°28′54″N 71°5′56″W / 42.48167°N 71.09889°W / 42.48167; -71.09889
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Walter K. Foster House
Walter K. Foster House
Walter K. Foster House is located in Massachusetts
Walter K. Foster House
Walter K. Foster House is located in the United States
Walter K. Foster House
Location57 Central St., Stoneham, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°28′54″N 71°5′56″W / 42.48167°N 71.09889°W / 42.48167; -71.09889
Built1870
Architectural styleItalianate
Part ofCentral Square Historic District (ID89002277)
MPSStoneham MRA
NRHP reference No.84002616 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1984
Designated CPJanuary 17, 1990

The Walter K. Foster House is a historic house at 57 Central Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts. Built c. 1870, it is one of three surviving Italianate side hall entry houses in Stoneham. Notable features include paneled pilasters on the corners and ornate decorative brackets above them. The doorway is also topped by a heavy decorated hood. Walter Kittredge Foster was an inventor and owner of a pencil sharpener factory.[2][3]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984,[1] and included in the Central Square Historic District in 1990.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Walter K. Foster House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  3. ^ Congressional Edition. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1856.