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Buck's Corner Historic District

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supporting a narrow entablature. The remaining contributing houses to the district were built later in the 19th century: the Henry Sheldon House (603 Woburn Street, c. 1861-62) is Italianate in style, and the John Howard Eames House (590 Woburn Street, c. 1883) is a Queen Anne Victorian. Three houses have 19th century barns that contribute to the district (as did the Ephraim Buck House until its barn was demolished).
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House at 584 Woburn Street may also have been built by Ephraim Buck, c. 1714-23, and is a fairly typical early Georgian house. A third 18th century house, that at 604 Woburn Street, was originally believed to be 17th century in origin, but is more likely a Federal period construction from c. 1785-91.
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The Jonathan Buck House (571 Woburn Street, c. 1795-1820) is an excellent local example of Federal architecture, and one of only a few period hip roofed houses in the town. It is the typical five bays wide and two deep, with a central doorway flanked by full-length sidelight windows and pilasters
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The oldest portion of the Ephraim Buck House is believed to have been built c. 1704, with a second section added in the 1740s. Its exterior was restyled c. 1770 to give it Federal period styling, including a front door entry with 3/4 length sidelight windows and an entablature. The Daniel Eames
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Two houses within the district bounds do not contribute to its significance. One is a modern house (c. 1999) at 588 Woburn Street; the other, at 580 Woburn Street, was an Italianate house built c. 1856-75, but has been renovated in an historically insensitive manner. A Buck family house at 585
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Woburn Street, dating to the late 18th century, was demolished not long before the district boundaries were drawn.
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encompasses a cluster of formerly rural (now suburban) properties in eastern
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Buck's Corner Historic District is located in Massachusetts
Buck's Corner Historic District is located in the United States
Wilmington, Massachusetts
42°32′52″N 71°9′5″W / 42.54778°N 71.15139°W / 42.54778; -71.15139
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Wilmington, Massachusetts
Ephraim Buck House
National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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