47 ABBOT ST
historical narrative
Present owner: Peterson (Paterson), William & Jean (6-22-71); Mary & Duncan Will
Other owners: Hopkins, Alice L. (9.29.45); Hopkins, Elizabeth L. (4-5-57)
Built for and by Charles Berry Mason, who was a building superintendent at Phillips Academy. He left Andover in 1897. (MS/S/433 p.37)
Directory information:
1900-18: Chapin, Mrs. Cornelius S. owns #47
1926-29: E.B. Chapin (E. Barton & Jeanette) lawyer
1930-43: Richards, Mary E. & Emily
1945: vacant
1947: Hopkins, Alice, Libr Simmons Col.; Juliette wid. Walter E., Eliz. L. teacher
1960: LaMontagne, Raymond A. (Jacquiline) administrator
1994 - awarded Certificate for Exterior Preservation
1997 - building marker
bibliography/references
Andover Historical Society
Town directories
inventory data
| Place: | Andover Center |
| Historic District: | Not Applicable |
| Address: | 47 abbot st |
| Historic Name: | Mason House |
| Present Use: | residence |
| Original Use: | |
| Date of Construction: | 1890's |
| Source: | style - njs |
| Style/Form: | Queen Anne |
| Architect/Builder: | Charles Berry Mason |
| Foundation: | brick or stone |
| Wall/Trim: | clapboards/shingles |
| Roof: | |
| Outbuildings / Secondary Structures | carriage house |
| Major Alterations: | barn (1967) |
| Condition: | |
| Moved: | |
| Demolished: | |
| Acreage: | less than one acre; 11,090 sq. ft.; approx. footage 80' |
| Setting: | |
| MHC inventory number: | ANV.9 |
| Recorded by: | Stack/Mofford/Thibault |
| Organization: | Andover Historical Commission |
| Date: | 1975-77/1994/1997 |
other historic buildings
- on abbot st
- in Not Applicable
- with architectural style Queen Anne
18 Carisbrooke Street
