12 SCHOOL ST
architectural description
NRDIS NRMRA
Side windows on entry like #23 Central St.
historical narrative
Built for Jonathan Clement, 1st assistant teacher, Phillips Academy, 1819-1829. He was licensed to keep boys as boarders 1821-1828. Clement deeded house to Trustees, 1829. At rear of house stood row of wooden buildings called English Commons, where P.A. students housed, 1834-36. Teachers seminary here. All removed by 1906. James Eaton, P.A. math instructor lived here. His son, George T. Eaton, also a Phillips instructor, born here. Mrs. Noyes occupied early 1860's and boys who boarded here said she "set a good table". Mr. Paradise kept boys dorm, 1880's. Major William Morland owned 1900. Had a "beanery" and rooming house for students. (Town of Andover: Real Estate Valuation).
George H. French and George L. Follansbee - later occupants - 1945. Present owners Phillips Academy.
Themes - Architectural, Community development and Education.
bibliography/references
Andover Historical Society files
Fuess, Claude: An Old New England School, History of Phillips Academy, 1917
inventory data
| Place: | Andover Center |
| Historic District: | Academy Hill NRH District |
| Address: | 12 school st |
| Historic Name: | Clement, Jonathan House |
| Present Use: | Phillips Academy housing |
| Original Use: | faculty residence, boys dorm. |
| Date of Construction: | early 19th century |
| Source: | style, njs |
| Style/Form: | Federal |
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| Foundation: | |
| Wall/Trim: | clapboards |
| Roof: | |
| Outbuildings / Secondary Structures | carriage house at rear |
| Major Alterations: | doorway has been altered |
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| Recorded by: | Stack/Mofford |
| Organization: | Andover Historical Commission |
| Date: | 1975-77 |
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- on school st
- in Academy Hill NRH District
- with architectural style Federal
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