14 HIGH VALE LN
architectural description
3 chimneys; long front window; enclosed porch added at side rear; excellent sawn barge boards
Themes: architectural; community development
historical narrative
Owners: Russell, Mav & Meredith (1965); as of 1991, Susan Foster & Mark Engelberg
It is thought that Captain Job Abbott built this house for his daughter at the time of her marriage.
1884 atlas: Erving, reportedly Joanna Abbott's second husband
1890: Felix and Bancroft Haynes.* Bancroft was the artist of the "Ballardvale" painting
1900: Grace Haynes, daughter of Felix marries Joseph Stott and lives theere untill the 1960s
*Bancroft Haynes (1850 - 1929) kept a grocery store in Ballardvale. He painted as a hobby and had no formal training
bibliography/references
Andover and North Andover Historical Society files
Chickering, Jacob; Miscellaneous Records, Accounts: North Andover Historical Society
May, 1991 Andover Preservation award
inventory data
| Place: | Ballardvale |
| Historic District: | Ballardvale National Register District |
| Address: | 14 high vale ln |
| Historic Name: | |
| Present Use: | residence |
| Original Use: | |
| Date of Construction: | 1848 |
| Source: | "on house" |
| Style/Form: | Gothic Revival |
| Architect/Builder: | Jacob Chickering, builder |
| Foundation: | granite |
| Wall/Trim: | clapboards |
| Roof: | |
| Outbuildings / Secondary Structures | small shed attached |
| Major Alterations: | porch added |
| Condition: | |
| Moved: | |
| Demolished: | |
| Acreage: | 1.98 acres. 30,045 square feet; approx. frontage 118' |
| Setting: | |
| MHC inventory number: | |
| Recorded by: | Stack/Mofford |
| Organization: | Andover Historical Commission |
| Date: | 1975-77 |
other historic buildings
- on high vale ln
- in Ballardvale National Register District
- with architectural style Gothic Revival
Bancroft Hall moving
