C.H. Brown Cottage
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	34 Wright St., Stoneham, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°28′43″N 71°6′10″W / 42.47861°N 71.10278°W / 42.47861; -71.10278
Built	1835 (1835)
Architectural style	Greek Revival
MPS	Stoneham MRA
NRHP reference  No.	84002525 [1]
Added to NRHP	April 13, 1984

The C.H. Brown Cottage is a historic house at 34 Wright Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts. Probably built in the 1830s, it is a well-preserved example of worker housing built for employees of local shoe factories. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. ^[1]

Description and history

The C.H. Brown Cottage stands in a residential area one block west of Stoneham's Central Square, on the west side of Wright Street midway between Maple and Lincoln Streets. It is a small 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Its front facade is two bays wide, with pilastered corners and a narrow entablature on the sides. The main entrance is in the right bay, flanked by full-length sidelight windows and pilasters, which support an entablature and cornice. A single-story ell of modern construction extends to the rear. ^[2]

The cottage was probably built in sometime in the 1830s, based on stylistic analysis; its original owner is unknown. A later owner, C.H. Brown, was one of the proprietors of a local tannery; he lived in a mansion at Chestnut and Maple Streets. It is one of a modest number of worker housing units to survive from Stoneham's early industrial period as shoemaking center. ^[2]

See also

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

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