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The Parson Barnard House in North Andover dates to 1715.  It was built by Thomas Barnard, who served as the third minister of what is now the North Parish Unitarian Church.  It is an example of "first period" architecture.  <p>


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In 1993, Memorial Hall Library and the Trustees of Memorial Hall Library undertook a front-entrance redesign project to return the building to front landscape and walkway design closer to the original  1920s entrance look and feel. Local landscape arctitect Peter Hornbeck and Andover architect Jane Griswold collaborated on the design which included native plantings, an oval brick patio and granite curbing. Project funding included individual and corporate private donors, Memorial Hall Library Trustee funds and state funds.  


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The front entrance project was originally part of a major 1987 renovation and addition project. Due to a state-funding budget shortfall, the front-entrance redesign project was not underway until  the summer of 1994.


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[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=193031&t=parson%20barnard%20house%20bradstreet&tp=keyword&l=5&d=0&hc=1&rt=keyword ''The Parson Barnard House''.] by Abbott Lowell Cummings (Andover Room R 728.80974 Cum (pamphlet box 1))


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*"Under the clapboards, the story of an amusing mistake", ''Boston Sunday Globe'', September 8, 1996.
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* "'This Old House' is North Andover's old house", ''Eagle Tribune'', January 5, 1998.


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In 1993, Memorial Hall Library and the Trustees of Memorial Hall Library undertook a front-entrance redesign project to return the building to front landscape and walkway design closer to the original 1920s entrance look and feel. Local landscape arctitect Peter Hornbeck and Andover architect Jane Griswold collaborated on the design which included native plantings, an oval brick patio and granite curbing. Project funding included individual and corporate private donors, Memorial Hall Library Trustee funds and state funds.

The front entrance project was originally part of a major 1987 renovation and addition project. Due to a state-funding budget shortfall, the front-entrance redesign project was not underway until the summer of 1994.

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