34 SCHOOL ST
architectural description
NRDIS NRMRA
historical narrative
Present owner - Elowe, Edmond and Carol 6/75. 1992 John and Mary Myers. Elegant house - 3 stories, porch appears to..?, cross-axial form; columns, long windows. Original owner - Ballard for his daughter. 1969 added classroom - Phillips Academy dorm. Themes - Architectural, Community Development and Education. Mrs. Herman Chandler (known as Aunt Phebe) resident. Later owned by Joseph Morrill, a baker from Lawrence. Housed Phillips students. At Morrill's death, bought by Abbot Academy and "greatly remodelled". Rented by Judge Jeremiah J. Mahoney. 1940's occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Irving Southworth. Mary E. Merrill, Abbot teacher for whom Merrill Memorial Gateway named, occupied. Abbot Academy owned 1914. Phillips Academy owned from 1973.
bibliography/references
Andover Historical Society files
Abbot Academy Histories.
1992 Andover Preservation Award.
inventory data
| Place: | Andover Center |
| Historic District: | Academy Hill NRH District |
| Address: | 34 school st |
| Historic Name: | Chandler, Herman Cottage - Phillips Academy |
| Present Use: | residence |
| Original Use: | residence |
| Date of Construction: | 1852-1856 |
| Source: | maps and deeds, style, njs |
| Style/Form: | Greek Revival |
| Architect/Builder: | |
| Foundation: | stone |
| Wall/Trim: | clapboards |
| Roof: | |
| Outbuildings / Secondary Structures | |
| Major Alterations: | 1920's altered |
| Condition: | |
| Moved: | |
| Demolished: | |
| Acreage: | less than one acre, 23,780 sq. ft. , 198' frontage |
| Setting: | |
| MHC inventory number: | ANV.521 |
| Recorded by: | Stack/Mofford |
| Organization: | Andover Historical Commission |
| Date: | 1975-77 |
other historic buildings
- on school st
- in Academy Hill NRH District
- with architectural style Greek Revival
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