Wilmington, MA
Wilmington Town Museum at Harnden Tavern
Housed in a late-Georgian tavern (c.1770), the Town Museum preserves Wilmington’s early civic life and building craft. The timber-frame structure—once Col. Joshua Harnden’s tavern—offers case studies in 18th-century joinery, hearth rebuilding, and envelope conservation relevant to restoration teams.
Phone: (978) 658-5475
Butters-Avery House (William Butters II House)
A First Period dwelling (c.1720) tied to early agricultural tracts, the Butters-Avery House demonstrates Colonial framing patterns and later alterations. It’s instructive for evaluating original leanto profiles, chimney massing, and clapboard/trim conservation in early New England houses.
Phone: Town Hall (978) 658-3311
Baldwin Apple Monument
This granite monument marks the birthplace of the Baldwin apple near the Butters farm. It’s a civic marker illustrating how agricultural innovation shaped Wilmington’s economy and landscape patterning along Chestnut Street.
Phone: Town Hall (978) 658-3311
Wilmington Town Common & Bandstand
Laid out in the late 19th century, the Common anchors the civic core with a Class of 1977 bandstand. The green’s stone edging, sightlines, and bandstand detailing inform site rehab, drainage, and masonry scope on public greens.
Recreation Dept: (978) 658-4270
Wilmington Memorial Library
The library’s mid-century envelope and later additions create a useful case for façade weatherproofing and systems retrofits in active public buildings. The site also hosts the town’s Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial.
Phone: (978) 658-2967
Wilmington Town Hall
The municipal complex at Glen Road is Wilmington’s administrative hub and a baseline for ADA upgrades, masonry repointing, and campus wayfinding projects. It’s the point of contact for permitting and historic coordination.
Phone: (978) 658-3311
Wildwood Cemetery
A municipally managed burial ground with mature stonework, Wildwood is a useful reference for conservation of markers, walls, and landscape hydrology. Contractors can study subsidence issues, walkway rehab, and perimeter fencing practice.
Phone: (978) 658-3901 (Cemetery Division)
Old Burial Ground
Dating to the 1730s near the Congregational Church, this burying ground retains early slate and marble markers. Its stone-wall boundaries and topography inform stabilization methods for historic cemetery projects.
Phone: Town Hall (978) 658-3311
Yentile Farm Recreational Facility
A modern civic park on a former farm, Yentile demonstrates adaptive landscape reuse—stormwater handling, durable hardscape, and community programming integrated into a legacy parcel. Useful for site engineering and amenities planning.
Recreation Dept: (978) 658-4270
Wilmington Station (MBTA Lowell Line)
The commuter-rail node at Main & Church supports transit-oriented rehabilitation downtown. The platforms, canopies, and site circulation inform accessibility retrofits and materials spec around rail corridors.
MBTA Info: (617) 222-3200
North Wilmington Station (MBTA Haverhill Line)
Recently rebuilt with an accessible high-level platform, North Wilmington sets standards for rail-adjacent drainage, platform canopies, and ADA paths within tight rights-of-way. It’s a current reference for rail/road grade-crossing interfaces.
MBTA Info: (617) 222-3200
Butters Row Bridge (over MBTA Railroad)
A 1920 timber bridge historically linked neighborhoods across the tracks; its ongoing replacement provides a live case study in staging, utility relocation, and approach realignment. It’s relevant for temporary works and structural sequencing.
DPW: (978) 658-4481
Congregational Church in Wilmington
With Greek Revival/Neoclassical vocabulary, the church anchors the Centre Village Historic District. Its steeple, clapboard skin, and foundation transitions offer instructive detailing for façade restoration and moisture management.
Phone: (978) 658-2264
St. Thomas of Villanova (Parish of the Transfiguration)
Roman Catholic campus with masonry masses and slate/roof transitions typical of early-20th-century parish architecture. It’s useful for exterior envelope repair scopes and accessibility at historic churches in active use.
Phone: (978) 658-4665
Town Beach at Silver Lake
Wilmington’s historic recreation lake illustrates shoreline stabilization, beach facilities, and seasonal infrastructure management. It’s a reference for resilient site furnishings and lifeguard/ADA access on small municipal beaches.
Recreation Dept: (978) 658-4270
Wilmington Centre Village Historic District
The district links the Common to the Old Burial Ground along Church and Middlesex Streets. Its mix of Federal, Greek Revival, and Queen Anne resources provides a living lab for period-correct materials and façade treatments.
Phone: Town Hall (978) 658-3311
Rogers Park & Historic Town Pound (1814)
Beside Middlesex Avenue, the reconstructed stone Town Pound and WWI memorial illustrate early municipal animal control infrastructure and commemorative stonework. Masons can assess dry-laid vs. mortared techniques in a public-exposed setting.
Veterans Services: (978) 694-2040
Wilmington’s Fallen Memorial (Town Common)
The multi-conflict memorial on the Common consolidates names and commemorative bronze. It’s a benchmark for monument cleaning protocols, joint treatments, and accessible plaza layouts in high-traffic greens.
Veterans Services: (978) 694-2040
Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial (Library Grounds)
Situated at the library, this memorial integrates granite, inscriptions, and planting beds. It’s a model for durable stone selection and maintenance scheduling adjacent to pedestrian routes.
Veterans Services: (978) 694-2040
Robert W. Parent Vietnam Memorial (Old Town Hall area)
This dedicated Vietnam memorial at the former town hall site on Middlesex Avenue provides a focused example of commemorative stonework in a streetscape. It’s relevant to lighting, plaque mounting, and pedestal detailing.
Veterans Services: (978) 694-2040
Middlesex Canal Remnants (Route 38 Park/Aqueduct Piers)
Traces of the 27-mile Middlesex Canal survive in Wilmington, including aqueduct remains near Route 38. Engineers and masons can inspect early hydraulic masonry and embankment sections that predate rail corridors.
Phone: Town Hall (978) 658-3311
Edgar & Emily Folkins House (Contributing Resource)
A Centre Village contributing residence illustrating late-19th/early-20th-century wood-frame detailing. It’s useful for clapboard repair, porch column stabilization, and period trim profiles in the district.
Phone: Town Hall (978) 658-3311
West Schoolhouse (Historic School)
A small historic schoolhouse photographed in town collections that typifies early educational architecture. Its compact massing and window rhythms are a reference for wood restoration on civic outbuildings.
Phone: Town Museum (978) 658-5475
Adams-Buck House (Centre Historic Area)
A documented historic dwelling along Middlesex Avenue that illustrates siting, carriage-road context, and later alterations. It’s relevant for porch, stair, and foundation conservation typical to the district’s housing stock.
Phone: Town Hall (978) 658-3311
William Harrison Square (Adams & Church Streets)
A named civic square commemorating service members, embedded in the historic street grid near the Common. The location aids planners designing traffic-calming, lighting, and memorial integration at intersections.
Veterans Services: (978) 694-2040
John J. Fullerton Jr. Memorial (Grove Avenue)
A dedicated local memorial integrated into a neighborhood setting near Silver Lake. It’s instructive for small-scale monument footing, inscription weathering, and pedestrian access in residential fabric.
Veterans Services: (978) 694-2040
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