Lynnfield, Massachusetts

Lynnfield Meeting House (1714)

The timber-framed meeting house anchors the town common with its classic salt-box profile and twelve-over-twelve sash windows. Restoration pros will appreciate the original hand-hewn beams—ideal casework for mortise-and-tenon repairs and historically accurate limewash finishes.

Phone: (781) 334-4899

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Centre Congregational Church (1832)

This Greek-Revival sanctuary features paneled pilasters, a fully returned entablature, and period sash fabricated with hand-blown glass. Masons note: the granite-block foundation provides textbook examples of 19th-century ashlar cornering.

Phone: (781) 334-3050

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Lynnfield Town Hall / Former Centre School (1876)

Originally a two-room Victorian schoolhouse, the structure now houses municipal offices behind its polychrome brick façade and corbelled cornice. Craftspeople will find excellent reference for slate-roof restoration and segmental-arch window replication.

Phone: (781) 334-9400

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Hart House (1695)

Among the North Shore’s purest First-Period saltboxes, the Hart House retains its massive central chimney and exposed summer beams. Preservation architects study its framed-overhang gables when specifying reproduction feather-edge clapboards.

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Deacon Emerson House (1714)

This five-bay center-chimney residence showcases early Georgian symmetry layered over a First-Period core. Window framers can reference its intact 12/8 sash and bolection mouldings for historically sensitive millwork.

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Ben Perkins House (1820)

Federal-style detailing—elliptical fanlight, slender sidelights, and jack-arch lintels—makes this residence a pattern-book for early-19th-century brick-laying and slate lintel flashing techniques.

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Bancroft-Danforth House (1774)

Constructed the same year the powder alarms echoed across Essex County, this gambrel-roof home preserves hand-split cedar shingles and early wrought-iron latches—key study items for envelope conservators.

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Dr. George S. Robinson House (1802)

This hip-roof Federal retains delicate modillion blocks and a Palladian stair hall lit by original crown glass. Contractors find solid examples of early split-shingle valley flashing in situ.

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Jesse Tapley House (1820)

Flush-board corner pilasters and brick end-chimneys distinguish this cedar-clad farmhouse. Restoration masons often cite its Flemish-bond hearth stack when matching early-19th-century mortar profiles.

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Jeremiah Sheldon House (1789)

The post-Revolution residence merges Georgian massing with Federal delicacy—note the attenuated doorway pilasters and punched-tin attic vents. Carpenters reference its pine-plank sub-flooring when specifying like-for-like replacements.

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Tapley House (c. 1700)

Hand-hewn oak bents and chamfered summer beams typify this First-Period dwelling. Structural engineers visit to study its original gunstock posts and field-stone foundation bearing.

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Timothy Munroe House (c. 1690)

Believed to pre-date Queen Anne’s War, the Munroe House demonstrates early plank-wall construction and exterior feather-edge boards—valuable precedents for reproduction sawmill orders.

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Captain Thomas Flint House (c. 1720)

With its robust gambrel roof and original diamond-pane casements, the Flint Homestead offers case studies in early sash-weight retrofits and leaded-glass glazing compounds.

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William Smith House (c. 1721)

This center-hall colonial still displays its original ogee water table and feather-edge clapboards—prime references for exterior-envelope replication or Dutch-lap siding restoration.

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Henfield House (c. 1700)

Noted for its brick nogging and massive chimney stack, the Henfield House is a survivor of early fire-safety retrofits. Masons often inspect its glazed clay-tile flue liners to inform modern code-compliant rebuilds that respect historic fabric.

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Nathaniel Hayward–Joseph Tapley House (c. 1700)

This twin-ell residence blends a First-Period core with later Federal trim, showcasing layered detailing useful to designers working on phased additions that respect earlier fabric.

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Tate House (c. 1695)

Featuring riven-oak sheathing and scribe-ruled framing, the Tate House is a rare intact example of late-17th-century craftsmanship. Timber-framers study its chamfer-stop patterns when replicating early colonial bents.

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Cook’s Farm House (c. 1700)

Still surrounded by traces of its original pasture, Cook’s Farm presents a complete English-bay interior plan—valuable for contractors restoring agrarian outbuildings with mortise-and-tenon hayloft framing.

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Lynnfield Public Library (1892/1904)

Housed in the former Center School, the library merges Richardsonian Romanesque arches with a 1904 Arts-and-Crafts reading room. Envelope engineers often cite its rock-face brownstone plinth for moisture-management case studies.

Phone: (781) 334-5411

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West Burying Ground (1714)

Granite ledger stones and brownstone table-tombs chart three centuries of local masonry practice. Preservation contractors reference its lichen-encrusted slate markers when selecting compatible biocide treatments and soft-wash pressure limits.

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