3 CHESTER ST
architectural description
Renovated old stype building. Built when street went in, ca. 1885. Primarily wood and asbestos exterior with Asphalt gable roof on 0.39 acres of land. One unit of 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. Has garage and small shed. Two sides to street have stone walls. Garage and porch added in the 1960s and 1970s.
historical narrative
May have been built by C Morthey Marland, treasurer of the Boston and Maine Railroad, as he and his wife owned three houses on Chester Street.
bibliography/references
B. V. Map 1888
Andover Town Assessors office
inventory data
| Place: | Ballardvale |
| Historic District: | Not Applicable |
| Address: | 3 chester st |
| Historic Name: | |
| Present Use: | single family residence |
| Original Use: | single family residence |
| Date of Construction: | ca. 1887 |
| Source: | 1888 map and town assessors |
| Style/Form: | Other |
| Architect/Builder: | |
| Foundation: | |
| Wall/Trim: | wood and asbestos |
| Roof: | Asphalt Gable |
| Outbuildings / Secondary Structures | shed 6x16', garage 25x24' |
| Major Alterations: | attached garage, porch |
| Condition: | good (1998) |
| Moved: | |
| Demolished: | |
| Acreage: | less than one acre; Acreage: 0.39 acres |
| Setting: | rise from sidewalk approximately 10' |
| MHC inventory number: | |
| Recorded by: | Ruth A. Sharpe (Ballardvale Historic District) |
| Organization: | Andover Historical Society |
| Date: | June 1998 |
other historic buildings
- on chester st
- in Not Applicable
- with architectural style Other
Post Office Building
