125 RIVER RD
architectural description
Style: Georgian
Other features:
site - building endangerd by industrialization;
1-1/2 stories with gable roof, quarrelled windows (W/F 1980)
historical narrative
Present owner: Catherine Shattuck - estate of J. A. Dolten, Trustees (August 1977)
Original owner: "Paddy Burke"
Themes: Architectural, Commerce, Community development
Historical significance:
"Country Store" run by Edward Shattuck . . . a recreation of a general store of earlier generations, was formerly the two hundred year old house of one "Paddy Burke", which they had moved onto their ancestral lands in 1941, from its location on west side of Shawsheen Road, between the Shawsheen River and Cuba Street.
bibliography/references
Andover Historical Society files
Fitts, Deborah; "A Way of Life Will Go Under When the Industries Move In", Lawrence Eagle Tribune, Jan. 3, 1974 p. 6-7
Goldsmith, Bessie; "Historical Houses of Andover", compiled for Tercentenary, 1946.
inventory data
| Place: | |
| Historic District: | Not Applicable |
| Address: | 125 river rd |
| Historic Name: | Shattuck, Edward Farm Country Store |
| Present Use: | abandoned (future fate uncertain) |
| Original Use: | residence |
| Date of Construction: | 1760 |
| Source: | Andover Historical Society files |
| Style/Form: | Other |
| Architect/Builder: | |
| Foundation: | |
| Wall/Trim: | clapboards |
| Roof: | |
| Outbuildings / Secondary Structures | site & building |
| Major Alterations: | restored for country store (after 1941) |
| Condition: | |
| Moved: | 1941 |
| Demolished: | yes, 1980's |
| Acreage: | 1.3 acres |
| Setting: | |
| MHC inventory number: | |
| Recorded by: | N. J. Stack/Mofford |
| Organization: | Andover Historical Commission |
| Date: | 1975 - 1977 |
other historic buildings
- on river rd
- in Not Applicable
- with architectural style Other
48 Clark Road
