1 HIGHLAND RD
architectural description
NRDIS NRMRA
Front entry porch seems to be replaced; pediment with fan; Doric columned entry; French windows double hung.
Considered one of the finest examples of Greek Revival architecture in Andover. Angled moldings with Laurel wreaths as décor in two living rooms; marble fireplaces; exceptional, unique woodwork, especially in dining room.
historical narrative
Present owner: Phillip K. Allen, Elizabeth Warner (4/11/1936) (Allens bought from Temples, 1936)
Original owner: Flora Temple
Themes: architectural, community development, education
Subsequent uses: Nursery school and kindergarten "in early days"
House was standing in 1830.
bibliography/references
1830 Map of Andover, Moses Dorman
See also: Barn Survey
See also: Alfred Poor's 1863 house-to-house visit in Essex Institute Collection
Call re Wm. Wardwell building a house in 1846, p. 288, vol. ?
inventory data
| Place: | Andover Center |
| Historic District: | Academy Hill NRH District |
| Address: | 1 highland rd |
| Historic Name: | Allen House |
| Present Use: | residence |
| Original Use: | residence |
| Date of Construction: | pre - 1830 |
| Source: | style-njs |
| Style/Form: | Greek Revival |
| Architect/Builder: | |
| Foundation: | brick/stone |
| Wall/Trim: | flush boarding |
| Roof: | |
| Outbuildings / Secondary Structures | barns at rear |
| Major Alterations: | |
| Condition: | |
| Moved: | |
| Demolished: | |
| Acreage: | 3 acres; approx. frontage 280' |
| Setting: | |
| MHC inventory number: | ANV.262 |
| Recorded by: | Stack/Mofford |
| Organization: | Andover Historical Commission |
| Date: | 1975-77 |
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