72 CENTRAL ST
architectural description
NRDIS NRMRA
Georgian/Federal style
Hip roof; pediment over door; 6/6 windows; 8 fireplaces
historical narrative
Original owner: Daniel Poor
Other owners: Abbot, John Radford (3-7-49); Abbot, Louise and David
Themes: architectural, community development
Built 1790 by Daniel Abbot on land originally belonging to George Abbot, who came from England to Andover in 1643. The first year Andover Theological Seminary opened, 1808, before the Commons were completed, Adoniram Judson, who was to become first missionary sent by American Board of Foreign Missions, boarded here, as did Squire Samuel Ferrar. Rebekah Chickering, who taught history and literature at Abbot Academy, boarded here, as did her sister, Helen, also on the Abbot faculty. J. Radford Abbot, present occupand and owner (1977), is an architect, and has restored the house (in 1920's).
1994 update: Only Abbot house which has been continually remained in their ownership. Built by Daniel through joining Abbot ??? Lands???adjacent Poor family lot. Daniel was the son of Ezra Abbot and Hannah Poor Abbot. Daniel Poor Rev. War vet.
1994 awarded Certificate of Appreciation for Preservation.
Later Ezra Abbot and his wife Margaret kept boarders (Caroline Abbot's father); Lydia ??? And her children; Miss Phillips boarded there ??, broke the ceiling! Miss Chickering now lives there.
bibliography/references
Directory of Andover, 1901
Andover Advertiser, Nov. 5, 1853, p.2
Andover Historical Society files
inventory data
| Place: | Andover Center |
| Historic District: | Central Street NRH District |
| Address: | 72 central st |
| Historic Name: | Abbot, Daniel House |
| Present Use: | residential |
| Original Use: | residential |
| Date of Construction: | circa 1790 |
| Source: | AHS files, style-njs |
| Style/Form: | Federal |
| Architect/Builder: | |
| Foundation: | field stone |
| Wall/Trim: | clapboards |
| Roof: | asphalt shingle |
| Outbuildings / Secondary Structures | front and rear garages |
| Major Alterations: | glass vestibule at front entrance (not extant in 1999) |
| Condition: | |
| Moved: | |
| Demolished: | |
| Acreage: | 1.15 acres (2.24 acres before subdivision in 1998; Central frontage 189', Phillips frontage 325') |
| Setting: | |
| MHC inventory number: | ANV.122 |
| Recorded by: | Stack/Mofford |
| Organization: | Andover Historical Commission |
| Date: | 1975-77 |
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