16 BALMORAL ST
architectural description
Ballustrade; pediments and columns over windows
historical narrative
Present owner: Crowning Shield Corp. (1975)
Themes: architectural, commerce, community development, education, industry, religion, social/humanitarian
Boarding school founded by Brother Peter Claver, 1946
Cited as the "architechural gem" of Shawsheen, this administration building follows the "colonial design" of the rest of the village. Its setting by the river is an attractive one. Erected in 1923 at a cost of $2,300,000.
Originally the building housed a large assembly hall as well as sixty offices. It consisted of four floors Administrative offices of the American Woolen Company were moved here from Boston in 1923.
Bought for boarding school, Nov. 1, 1945, by Brothers of the Sacred Heart. Purchase included Balmoral Athletic field and Cardinal Chushing Gym. School closed by 1975 due to declining enrollment. Town wanted to acquire open space areas accompanying total school parcel. Funds appropriated from town in 1976 for land and gym.
1977- Crowning Shield Corporation aquired building. Developers for conversion of school to apartment use, mostly one bedroom. Crowning Shield has no desire for land. No exterior alterations to building are planned at this time.
bibliography/references
See Area Form - Shawsheen - for complete bibliography.
Andover Townsman: June, 1977
inventory data
| Place: | Shawsheen |
| Historic District: | Shawsheen Village NRH District |
| Address: | 16 balmoral st |
| Historic Name: | Administration Building |
| Present Use: | Apartment building |
| Original Use: | Office Bldg., Amer. Woolen Co. |
| Date of Construction: | 1923 |
| Source: | Town Crier: Dir. Of Shawsheen Village |
| Style/Form: | Georgian Revival |
| Architect/Builder: | Adden & Parker of Boston |
| Foundation: | cement |
| Wall/Trim: | Brick and limestone |
| Roof: | flat |
| Outbuildings / Secondary Structures | none |
| Major Alterations: | For school use in 1945; for apartments in 1977 |
| Condition: | |
| Moved: | |
| Demolished: | |
| Acreage: | 1.39 acres |
| Setting: | Site near the fields and river |
| MHC inventory number: | |
| Recorded by: | Stack/ Mofford |
| Organization: | Andover Historical Commission |
| Date: | 1975-77 |
other historic buildings
- on balmoral st
- in Shawsheen Village NRH District
- with architectural style Georgian Revival
18 Carisbrooke Street
