Downtown Wakefield Tours

A Walk Through History

Join the South County History Center and Preserve Wakefield for guided historic walking tours of downtown Wakefield on Thursday, Sept 14 at 6:30 and 7:15pm. In addition, 1948 video footage of Wakefield recently acquired by the SCHC will be on display at the Bike Path Comfort Center Meeting Room. The tours are free and open to the public. Rain date 9/21.​

Panel Discussion

Revitalizing  Small Town Main Streets

Our last panel discussed how planning, preservation, and developers could work together; our next panel discussion will focus more closely on the ways to revitalize small town commercial Main Streets in particular. We hope to bring attention to the assets of Wakefield and how we might use those, as well as share examples of what other, similar towns have done. Date and time TBD.

Other Projects

Historic Plaques Project

We are working on a program to bring historic plaques to the village of Wakefield, in particular those listed in the National Register Historic District.  By bringing attention to our existing buildings we hope to make people more aware of their environment and the contributions of historic structures to our "sense of place".