12 HAVERHILL ST
architectural description
NRDIS
historical narrative
Present owner: New England's Milk Producer's Association (1977)
Original owner: American Woolen Company
Part of American Woolen Company, Shawsheen Village
Subsequent use: Yankee Milk
Themes: Agricultural, Architectural, Community development, Industry, Social/humanitarian
This creamery provided milk for the mill restaurant in Lawrence, as well as for the village itself. Two Ayrshire Dairies, also managed by American Woolen, supplied the milk. American Woolen Co. owned a farm on Lowell Street about 1 1/2 miles from the Shawsheen Village center.
E. C. Williams was manager in 1922-1923.
Summer of 1977, Yankee Milk announced it plans to move company to North Andover, so future of building is uncertain, at present.
bibliography/references
See Area Form - Shawsheen - for a complete bibliography
inventory data
| Place: | Shawsheen Village |
| Historic District: | Shawsheen Village NRH District |
| Address: | 12 haverhill st |
| Historic Name: | Shawsheen Creamery - American Woolen Company |
| Present Use: | Yankee Mill |
| Original Use: | Shawsheen Creamery |
| Date of Construction: | 1922 |
| Source: | |
| Style/Form: | Georgian Revival |
| Architect/Builder: | Clifford Albright ? |
| Foundation: | |
| Wall/Trim: | Brick on masonry |
| Roof: | Flat, tar/gravel |
| Outbuildings / Secondary Structures | |
| Major Alterations: | modernized (1950's - 1960's) |
| Condition: | |
| Moved: | no |
| Demolished: | |
| Acreage: | less than one acre |
| Setting: | |
| MHC inventory number: | |
| Recorded by: | Stack/Mofford |
| Organization: | Andover Historical Commission |
| Date: | 1975-1977 |
other historic buildings
- on haverhill st
- in Shawsheen Village NRH District
- with architectural style Georgian Revival
48 Clark Road
