Foster, Walter K., House

57 Central St., Stoneham, Massachusetts. County/parish: Middlesex.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 13, 1984. NRIS 84002616.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Walter K. Foster House

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.

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

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792176

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