109-R HOLT RD
historical narrative
1991 owner: Dudley and Elizabeth Milliken
1830 map - J. Harnedon
1888 map - Holt
1906 map - M. Dear
1904 directory - Alex Dear, farmer, 15 Holt District
1951 directory - Onthank, Elmer and Ruth, furniture contractor and housewife
1960 directory - Onthank, Elmer and Ruth and Robert, age 21, student
Alexander Dear bought and lived here, farming on 25 acres, until his death in 1912. He was born in Scotland in 1844, emigrated to America in 1871 and for 20 years was a flax-dresser at the Smith and Dove Manufacturing Company in Andover. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Onthank bought and restored. In 1950s they had the chimney and fireplace redone with old bricks by Homer Brousseau. Mrs. Onthink was an artist and did original stencil work on the interior walls.
inventory data
| Place: | |
| Historic District: | Not Applicable |
| Address: | 109-r holt rd |
| Historic Name: | |
| Present Use: | residential |
| Original Use: | |
| Date of Construction: | c. 1770 |
| Source: | AHS files |
| Style/Form: | Georgian |
| Architect/Builder: | |
| Foundation: | |
| Wall/Trim: | |
| Roof: | |
| Outbuildings / Secondary Structures | attached barn/garage |
| Major Alterations: | |
| Condition: | |
| Moved: | |
| Demolished: | |
| Acreage: | 1.12 acres |
| Setting: | residential |
| MHC inventory number: | |
| Recorded by: | Barbara Thibault |
| Organization: | Andover Historical Society |
| Date: | November 1991 |
other historic buildings
- on holt rd
- in Not Applicable
- with architectural style Georgian
18 Carisbrooke Street
