The J. T. Abbot House is a historic house at 34 Essex Street in Andover, Massachusetts. The Gothic Revival house was built in the late 1840s for Joseph Thompson Abbot by Jacob Chickering, a leading local real estate developer and builder of the mid 19th century. The ornamental detailing is among the most elaborate of the time in the town.[2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
J. T. Abbot House | |
 J. T. Abbot House | |
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| Location | Andover, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°39′23″N 71°8′37″W / 42.65639°N 71.14361°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1844 |
| Architect | Chickering, Joseph |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| MPS | Town of Andover MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 82004814 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 10, 1982 |
Description and history
editThe Abbot House is set on the south side of Essex Street, a through street lined by a mix of commercial and residential buildings, not far from the center of Andover, Massachusetts. The house is a 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a steeply-pitched front gable roof and two side-facing cross gables on its main block, and another two on an addition that extends to the rear. The side-facing gables of the main block, along with its main gable, are ornamented with jigsawn bargeboard trim. The main gable has a short lancet-arched window at the attic level. The front facade is two bays wide, with a projecting polygonal bay window in the left bay and the front door in the right bay, sheltered by a portico. Both the portico and bay window are topped by scroll-sawn decorative woodwork.[2]
The land on which the house stands was purchased by Jacob Chickering, one of Andover's leading mid-19th century developers, in 1844. Chickering sold the lot, with the house on it, in 1850 to Joseph Thompson Abbot. In 1878 Chickering was contracted to construct a picket fence for the property. The house has had a number of owners, and may have been rented by the local Baptist church as a parsonage for a time.[2] It presently houses a law office.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b c "MACRIS inventory record for JT Abbot House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-25.