47-49 BALMORAL ST
architectural description
NRDIS
historical narrative
Original owner: Joseph C. and Alma Lefebure
Owners: Neil, Robert & Elizabeth, 11-5-50
Themes; Architectural, Community development
When William Madison Wood, president of the American Woolen Co. , bought the land at Frye Village in order to fulfill his dream of creating a model village where the exectives and management of his office corporation could reside, work and spend their leisure, there were a few older houses which he did not demolish for the new " Wood and Brick " Colonial Revival Shawsheen Village, 1919-1924. This residence dates back to the day when Frye Village, a highway crossroads and a likely manufacturing center with Smith and Dove flax manufacturers, Donald's ink factory and the Poor Wagon shop, thrived.
In March 1922 "Old Brown House ", formerly used by John Marson-Wm. Cunningham and located at Poor and Main St., was moved to this site but burned. The "Old Burnham House ", formerly at 19 Haverhill St. & occupied by Marcus & Charlotte Hill, was then moved to this site.
inventory data
| Place: | Shawsheen Village |
| Historic District: | Shawsheen Village NRH District |
| Address: | 47-49 balmoral st |
| Historic Name: | |
| Present Use: | residence - 3-family home |
| Original Use: | residence |
| Date of Construction: | 1800 |
| Source: | assessors's rec./style -njs |
| Style/Form: | Federal |
| Architect/Builder: | |
| Foundation: | |
| Wall/Trim: | clapboards |
| Roof: | |
| Outbuildings / Secondary Structures | none |
| Major Alterations: | Doorways altered; may be 2 or 3 houses [connected?] moved separately, 1922 |
| Condition: | |
| Moved: | 1922 by American Woolen Co. |
| Demolished: | |
| Acreage: | 10,020 sq. ft.; approx. frontage Balmoral St., 95 ft, Argyle St. 102 ft. |
| Setting: | |
| MHC inventory number: | ANV.62 |
| Recorded by: | Stack/Mofford |
| Organization: | Andover Historical Commission |
| Date: | 1975-77 |
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