Springdale Painters — Springdale, southern Canton

Springdale had its own stop on the Stoughton Branch. The Old Colony Railroad built a station there in October 1891 to replace an 1855 building, and it was closed and torn down on July 1, 1940. A village landmark is the Canton Water Works pumping station at the Pine Street railroad crossing, near brook and wetland and close to the Stoughton line. A 2017 Canton Citizen history describes it as Richardson Romanesque, built of patterned red brick on a granite foundation under a high slate roof with a copper cornice, with the date 1888 on its parapet. Water began flowing from it in May 1889.

We found no published survey of Springdale's houses, so the rest of this page relies on the census tract that contains Pine Street, Tract 4151.03, which also takes in areas beyond the village. Its 2,076 housing units have a median build year of 1984. Single-family detached houses account for 29.8% of them, while 60.4% are in buildings with five or more units. Before 1980 is the build period for 43.8%, and 11.5% date from 1939 or earlier; renters occupy 31.4% of units.

Multi-unit buildings set the pattern

With six in ten units in larger buildings, exterior painting for many homes in this tract is decided by a condo association or property manager rather than one owner. That can mean a board vote, a certificate of insurance and a schedule built around residents.

Unit interiors are the owner's job

Inside a condo, walls, ceilings, doors and trim usually belong to the unit owner while the building shell does not; the master deed spells out the line. Our Canton interior painting page covers room-by-room work.

Mostly post-1980, but not all

More than half of the tract's units (56.2%) were built in 1980 or later, after the 1978 federal ban on lead paint for homes. The other 43.8% are older, so an older house or building should be tested before sanding; see our lead-safe painting page.

Low ground near brooks

The pumping station stands by brook and wetland on Pine Street. On houses close to wet ground, the bottom of siding, sills and foundation trim are where moisture shows first, so check those spots before choosing paint.