"Once the site of the Town's fist church and meeting house, the land at the corner of Main and Chestnut Streets was also home to another landmark, Bessey Stable, until the structure was razed to make way for the Wakefield Trust Company. building. The property was purchased in August 1921 by Charles W. Hodgdon, the owner and manager of the Wakefield Theatre, with the intention of building a new playhouse. After the project was abandoned, the land was purchased by the Wakefield Trust Company. When the stable was torn down, local reports noted, 'The old stable has been a landmark for many years and marks another of the important changes of Main Street where an old wooden building ill be replaced by a modern structure.'" Image from the Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department annual calendar, 2013 Photo courtesy of the Wakefield Historical Society.
