69-71 ESSEX ST
architectural description
NRDIS NRMRA
Doorway replaced - may have been half-house.
Façade has nice side lights and pillars.
Resided with wood clapboards, maintaining its visual integrity and original covering material
historical narrative
Owners:
1852: T.C. Foster
3/17/44: Beatrice H. Henderson
12/14/48: Fr. Jemina Henderson
1975-77: Rittenhouse Realty Trust c/o Frederick W. Bradley, Est. [?]
1990: Peter Richmond
Themes: architectural, commerce, community development, industry
Part of Abbot Village from earliest manufacturing enterprises of Smith and Dove Company. Used as mill tenement and later altered into apartments.
June, 1990 Preservation Award
bibliography/references
Dorman, Moses: Map of Andover, 1830
Andover/North Andover Historical Society files
inventory data
| Place: | Andover Center |
| Historic District: | Andover Village Industrial NRH District |
| Address: | 69-71 essex st |
| Historic Name: | Abbot Village Mills Workers Housing |
| Present Use: | Apartment (1975-77) |
| Original Use: | |
| Date of Construction: | built 1830 |
| Source: | 1830 Map |
| Style/Form: | Federal |
| Architect/Builder: | |
| Foundation: | Stone and brick |
| Wall/Trim: | Wood |
| Roof: | |
| Outbuildings / Secondary Structures | |
| Major Alterations: | 1850's wing and porch; hoods; renovated in 1970's |
| Condition: | |
| Moved: | |
| Demolished: | |
| Acreage: | less than one acre; 10,280 sq. ft.; approx. frontage Essex 105', Baker 112' |
| Setting: | 19th century mill village near railroad track, river and mills |
| MHC inventory number: | ANV.201 |
| Recorded by: | Stack & Mofford/B.Thibault |
| Organization: | Andover Historical Society |
| Date: | 1975-77/updated 1990 |
other historic buildings
- on essex st
- in Andover Village Industrial NRH District
- with architectural style Federal
Bancroft Hall moving
