60-62 ESSEX ST
architectural description
NRDIS NRMRA
Right side of house is earlier.
historical narrative
Built as housing for workers at earliest spinning mills along the Shawsheen River. Subsequent use as tavern.
Owners: Auchterlunce, Joseph & Ester (1975); Ella & Linda Cougill (1994)
1. Auchterlunce, Joseph S. (11/25/55)
2. Auchterlunce, Joseph & Mary (12/56)
3. Auchterlunce, Joseph S. (12/70)
Themes: architectural, community development
#60 was part of Abbot Village mill housing. There was a tavern in the basement of the house.
Abbot brothers Paschal and Abel, and Abraham Marland operated their textile business from the first part of the 19th century along the Shawsheen.
Certificate of Appreciation - Andover Preservation Awards, May 1, 1994
inventory data
| Place: | Andover Center |
| Historic District: | Andover Village Industrial NRH District |
| Address: | 60-62 essex st |
| Historic Name: | Abbot Village Mills Worker Housing |
| Present Use: | residential, 2-family |
| Original Use: | mill worker housing |
| Date of Construction: | 150 years - early 19th century; c. 1820 |
| Source: | style - njs |
| Style/Form: | Federal |
| Architect/Builder: | |
| Foundation: | |
| Wall/Trim: | clapboard |
| Roof: | |
| Outbuildings / Secondary Structures | garage attached |
| Major Alterations: | |
| Condition: | |
| Moved: | |
| Demolished: | |
| Acreage: | less than one acre; 8,800 sq. ft.; approx. frontage 110' |
| Setting: | |
| MHC inventory number: | ANV.199 |
| Recorded by: | Stack/Mofford |
| Organization: | Andover Historical Commission |
| Date: | 1975-77/updated 1994 |
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