http://hdl.handle.net/10262/297 Search the Channel search http://diglib.noblenet.org:8080/dspace/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/10262/4759 Title: Bayrd's Indian Trading Post at 52 Main Street, Wakefield, Mass. [picture] <br/> <br/>Abstract: Photo shows a view of Bayrd's Indian Trading Post, which was located at 52 Main Street at the head of Lake Quannapowitt. The structure was designed and built in 1955 by store owner E. Leonard Bayrd, a native American of the Narragansett tribe whose tribal name was Eagle Claw. The wood frame and stucco building was flanked by two stucco tepees painted in traditional patterns. The Bayrd family home was attached in the rear. The store sold native American artifacts and clothing. Bayrd died on Janury 4, 1990 and his wife Ruth died in 1991. The store closed and the contents were auctioned in November of 1991. The building was demolished on August 17, 1995 and the site is now occupied by the Gingerbread Construction Company muffin shop. <br/> <br/>Description: Detailed entry in building survey, "The cultural resources of Wakefield", pA4.; Photo courtesy of the Bayrd family.; 1 picture : http://hdl.handle.net/10262/4758 Title: Aerial drawing of Cyrus Wakefield Estate, Wakefield, Mass. [picture] <br/> <br/>Description: Image is a portion of a drawn aerial map showing the Cyrus Wakefield estate once located on Main Street on the site of the present Galvin Middle School. The mansion was sited approximately opposite Richardson Street, on what is now the school parking lot. The Wakefield estate covered hundreds of acres on both sides of Main Street, and included most of the land bounded by West Water Street, Main Street, and North Avenue, as well as most of the land between Water Street and Bennett Street. The large stone mansion was built in the early 1860s in Second Empire mansard style, and was complemented by a barn, gazebo, greenhouses, canals and orchards on the grounds which extended back to North Avenue. Cyrus Wakefield died in 1873, and the house was then occupied by his widow, Eliza Bancroft Wakefield, who died in 1877. The estate passed into the hands of relatives, as Cyrus and Eliza had no children. The Town voted to buy the property in 1913 at a cost of $25,000. A few years later, the town voted to use the property as the site for a new school building. The mansion, which had fallen into disrepair, was torn down on October 17, 1921.; 1 map : http://hdl.handle.net/10262/4757 Title: Map of Cyrus Wakefield Estate, Wakefield, Mass. [picture] <br/> <br/>Description: Image is a portion of a map showing the Cyrus Wakefield estate once located on Main Street on the site of the present Galvin Middle School. The mansion was sited approximately opposite Richardson Street, on what is now the school parking lot. The Wakefield estate covered hundreds of acres on both sides of Main Street, and included most of the land bounded by West Water Street, Main Street, and North Avenue, as well as most of the land between Water Street and Bennett Street. The large stone mansion was built in the early 1860s in Second Empire mansard style, and was complemented by a barn, gazebo, greenhouses, canals and orchards on the grounds which extended back to North Avenue. Cyrus Wakefield died in 1873, and the house was then occupied by his widow, Eliza Bancroft Wakefield, who died in 1877. The estate passed into the hands of relatives, as Cyrus and Eliza had no children. The Town voted to buy the property in 1913 at a cost of $25,000. A few years later, the town voted to use the property as the site for a new school building. The mansion, which had fallen into disrepair, was torn down on October 17, 1921.; Image is from a map presumed to be a sheet (page 61) from an atlas of Middlesex County, published by George H. Walker of Boston.; 1 map : http://hdl.handle.net/10262/4097 Title: YMCA, Baptist church, Lafayette bldg., April 1930 [picture] <br/> <br/>Authors: Payro, J. (Joseph C.), 1862-1953. <br/> <br/>Abstract: A 1930 photo showing (left to right) the Wakefield YMCA, the Baptist Church and the Lafayette Building (presently the William J. Lee Town Hall). <br/> <br/>Description: 1 picture :