11 SCHOOL ST
architectural description
NRDIS NRMRA.
Recessed entry, dormers, bays and projections added; steam heating
historical narrative
Themes - Architectural, Community development and Education.
Present owner Phillips Academy 2/13/46. Built for Mrs. Benjamin Wisner after her husband's death, 1835. Rev. Wisner was seminary trustee, 1826-1835. Later, she went to live with Means in former South Church Manse (site of 36 Central St.). John Crowningshield lived here. His niece, Hortense Crowningshield had a small private school here 1873-75. Connected with sea-faring Crowningshield in Boston and Northshore. School 1873-75.
Frank Jenkins and Mrs. Mary Stone Jackson, also residents. Phillips Academy bought 1946.
bibliography/references
Andover Historical Society files.
inventory data
| Place: | Andover Center |
| Historic District: | Academy Hill NRH District |
| Address: | 11 school st |
| Historic Name: | Jackson House - Phillips Academy |
| Present Use: | residence |
| Original Use: | residence |
| Date of Construction: | 1837 |
| Source: | Abbot historian, Jane Carpenter, style, njs |
| Style/Form: | Greek Revival |
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| Foundation: | |
| Wall/Trim: | clapboards |
| Roof: | |
| Outbuildings / Secondary Structures | |
| Major Alterations: | |
| Condition: | |
| Moved: | |
| Demolished: | |
| Acreage: | less than one acre; 5,250 sq. ft. with 85' frontage. |
| Setting: | |
| MHC inventory number: | |
| Recorded by: | Stack/Mofford |
| Organization: | Andover Historical Commission |
| Date: | 1975-77 |
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- on school st
- in Academy Hill NRH District
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