Metropolitan District Commission Pumping House

Metropolitan District Commission Pumping House
Metropolitan District Commission Pumping House is located in Massachusetts
Metropolitan District Commission Pumping House
Metropolitan District Commission Pumping House is located in the United States
Metropolitan District Commission Pumping House
LocationWoodland Rd., Stoneham, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°27′21″N 71°5′27″W / 42.45583°N 71.09083°W / 42.45583; -71.09083
Arealess than one acre
Built1906
ArchitectShepley, Rutan, & Coolidge
Architectural styleRenaissance Revival
Part ofMiddlesex Fells Reservoirs Historic District (ID89002249)
MPSStoneham MRA
NRHP reference No.84002747 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1984
Designated CPJanuary 18, 1990

The Metropolitan District Commission Pumping House is a historic water pumping station, adjacent to Spot Pond in the Middlesex Fells Reservation, on Woodland Road in Stoneham, Massachusetts. Built in 1901 by the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC), it is one of Stoneham's finest examples of Renaissance Revival architecture. The building (along with an adjacent gatehouse) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984,[1] and included in the Middlesex Fells Reservoirs Historic District in 1990.[2]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference NRHP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).