Samuel Gould House

Samuel Gould House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
42°29′10″N 71°4′12″W / 42.48611°N 71.07000°W / 42.48611; -71.07000
Built	1735
Architectural style	Georgian
MPS	Wakefield MRA
NRHP reference No.	89000704[1]
Added to NRHP	July 6, 1989

The Samuel Gould House is a historic house at 48 Meriam Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts. Built c. 1735, it is one of the oldest houses in Wakefield, and its only surviving period 1+1⁄2-story gambrel-roofed house. It was built by Samuel Gould, whose family came to the area in the late 17th century. It has had modest later alterations, including a Greek Revival door surround dating to the 1830s-1850s, a porch, and the second story gable dormers.^[2]

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

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Wakefield, Massachusetts
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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Wakefield, Massachusetts

• Incorporated in 1812
• Based in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Population 27,090

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• Russell Banks
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• Louis Sullivan
• Richard Tisei
• Ernest Tyzzer
• John Anthony Volpe
• Cyrus Wakefield (namesake)
• Burrage Yale

National Historic Places
(Houses)

• 18A & 20 Aborn Av.
• 6 Adams St.
• 380 Albion St.
• Avon St.
  • 23
  • 25
• 5 Bennett St.
• E. Boardman House
• Elizabeth Boit House
• Chestnut St.
  • 15
  • 21
  • 95
• 39 Converse St.
• 28 Cordis St.
• Cowdry Houses
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• 40 Crescent St.
• Emerson-Franklin Poole House
• 26 Francis Av.
• Captain Goodwin-James Eustis House
• Samuel Gould House
• Capt. William Green House
• Deacon Daniel Green House
• 118 Greenwood St.
• 20 Hancock Rd.
• 42 Hopkins St.
• Dr. Charles Jordan House
• Deacon Thomas Kendall House
• 15 Lawrence St.
• Lawrence St.
  • 20
  • 23
• 556 Lowell St.
• Main St.
  • 190
  • 196
• 1 Morrison Av.
• Morrison Rd.
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  • 32
• 2 Nichols St.
• 509 North Av.
• 52 Oak St.
• Oliver House
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  • 8
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• 22 Parker Rd.
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  • 38–48
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• Dr. Thomas Simpson House
• 54 Spring St.
• William Stimpson House
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• 193 Vernon St.
• 12 W. Water St.
• Wave Av.
  • 11
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• 9 White Av.
• 28 Wiley St.
• Suell Winn House
• Charles Winship House
• 1 Woodcrest Dr.

National Historic Places
(Buildings and Districts)

• Beacon Street Tomb
• Beebe Homestead
• Center (or Centre) Depot
• Church–Lafayette Sts. Hist. Dist.
• Common District
• Flanley's Block
• Greenwood Union Church
• Col. James Hartshorne House
• Item Building
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• Lynnwood
• Massachusetts State Armory
• South Reading Academy
• St. Joseph School
• Temple Israel Cemetery
• Main Post Office
• Wakefield Park
• Wakefield Rattan Company
• Wakefield Trust Company
• Wakefield Upper Depot
• H. M. Warren School
• West Ward School
• Woodville School
• Woodward Homestead
• Yale Avenue Historic District

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