23 ARUNDEL ST
architectural description
NRDIS
historical narrative
Owners:
1985 to present (?) Robert & Lesley McCumber
1952-1985 Winston & Virginia Briggs
Building marker 1993
C. 1923 construction date based on pg. 92 & 93 of Roddy book, "Mills, Mansions & Mergers", which says that Shawsheen Village was constructed in five years ending in 1923. [An appraiser for mortage refinance states town records show 1912, which is impossible, since William Wood did not construct Shawsheen until 1918.]
All neighbors used a central garage (now Village Buick). Houses had to be white. No driveways were allowed, no laundry could be hung outside on Sundays. All woodwork and fireplace mantles were custom made by William Wood at a milling shop on Haverhill Street near the old Bank of Northeast branch.
Behind house and railroad tracks is a sidewalk called "Picadilly Path" which used to lead from Penguin Park to the train station at Brickstone Square. It used to have benches & old historic street lights (some light bases are still there) and was a Victorian promenade for residents taking the train to Boston.
Telephone lines still come in the house in underground wiring in cedar linings.
bibliography/references
Roddy, "Mills, Mansions & Mergers"
inventory data
| Place: | Shawsheen Village |
| Historic District: | Shawsheen Village NRH District |
| Address: | 23 arundel st |
| Historic Name: | |
| Present Use: | residence |
| Original Use: | residence |
| Date of Construction: | c. 1923 |
| Source: | |
| Style/Form: | Colonial Revival |
| Architect/Builder: | Addison LeBoutillier |
| Foundation: | |
| Wall/Trim: | clapboards |
| Roof: | slate |
| Outbuildings / Secondary Structures | small clapboard wood shed |
| Major Alterations: | Library addition 14" x 24" with fireplace (April 1990) |
| Condition: | |
| Moved: | |
| Demolished: | |
| Acreage: | 10,260 sq. ft. |
| Setting: | Residential neighborhood |
| MHC inventory number: | ANV.1223 |
| Recorded by: | Robert & Lesley McCumber |
| Organization: | Andover Historical Society |
| Date: | 1993 ? |
other historic buildings
- on arundel st
- in Shawsheen Village NRH District
- with architectural style Colonial Revival
Post Office Building
