16 ABBOT ST
architectural description
NRDIS NRMRA
Late Greek/Picturesque
Note: 6/6 windows could date the house from a decade or so earlier (5/26/92 Barbara Thibault)
historical narrative
(Address no longer in assessor's database)
p. 10 Carpenter's Abbot & Miss Baily
1915 - Sherman Cottage opened as dormitory; it was the former Shearer house; Miss Gertrude Sherman, a French teacher and her beloved mother, managed it
1872 & 1888 D.I. Shearer
Mary E. Shearer AA 1892 m. Balfour Van Uleck
1885 dir. - Mrs. Mary Shearer
1870 tax list - Daniel Shearer from Boston
1860 not listed
inventory data
| Place: | Andover Center |
| Historic District: | Academy Hill NRH District |
| Address: | 16 abbot st |
| Historic Name: | Sherman Cottage - Phillips Academy |
| Present Use: | residence |
| Original Use: | |
| Date of Construction: | 1850's - 1860's |
| Source: | style - 1870 tax list |
| Style/Form: | Greek Revival |
| Architect/Builder: | |
| Foundation: | |
| Wall/Trim: | clapboards |
| Roof: | |
| Outbuildings / Secondary Structures | |
| Major Alterations: | |
| Condition: | |
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| Demolished: | |
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| Setting: | |
| MHC inventory number: | ANV.5 |
| Recorded by: | Stack/Mofford |
| Organization: | Andover Historical Commission |
| Date: | 1975-77/ 1992 BT |
other historic buildings
- on abbot st
- in Academy Hill NRH District
- with architectural style Greek Revival
48 Clark Road
