Lord's Castle

	Lord's Castle
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	211 Hammond St.,; Waltham, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°23′1″N 71°14′50″W / 42.38361°N 71.24722°W
Built	1886
Architect	Rufus E. Lord
MPS	Waltham MRA
NRHP reference No.	89001567
Added to NRHP	September 28, 1989

Lord's Castle is a historic house at 211 Hammond Street in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Rufus Lord built the home in 1886 on property purchased from Oel Farnsworth. Lord, who owned a prominent construction business in Waltham, was known for his work on the Company F State Armory at Sharon and Curtis Streets.^[2]

The 2+1⁄2-story masonry house was built as a private residence inspired by Norman castles. Its most prominent feature is a large three-story circular tower with extensive corbelling and crenellations, details that are repeated on the main block of the house. It reportedly took Lord ten years to complete.^[3]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ Mannon, Melissa. Images of America: Waltham. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 1998: 102. ISBN 978-0-7385-6482-1
^ "NRHP nomination for Lord's Castle". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-28.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[2] Mannon, Melissa. Images of America: Waltham. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 1998: 102. ISBN 978-0-7385-6482-1

[NRHP-3] "NRHP nomination for Lord's Castle". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-28.

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