13 Mansion Rd., Wakefield, Massachusetts. County/parish: Middlesex.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 06, 1989. NRIS 89000717.
1 contributing building.
The Charles Winship House was a historic house located at 13 Mansion Road and 10 Mansion Road in Wakefield, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2-story mansion (for which the road is named) was built between 1901 and 1906 for Charles Winship, proprietor (along with Elizabeth Boit) of the Harvard Knitting Mills, a major business presence in Wakefield from the 1880s to the 1940s. It was the town's most elaborate Colonial Revival building, featuring a flared hip roof with a balustrade on top, and a two-story portico in front with composite capitals atop fluted columns.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The architect of the house was the Boston-based firm Hartwell & Richardson. The ornate interior was designed by the firm Irving and Casson – A. H. Davenport Co.. Both firms were famous for their meticulous design as well as high quality of workmanship and materials. During The Winship House's construction in 1902, Irving and Casson – A. H. Davenport Co. was commissioned for work on the White House renovation.
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