Architectural Description:
Other features: unusual shape and window placement;
Historical Narrative:
Present owner: Trustees of Phillips Academy -
Original owner: Andover Theological Seminary
Themes: Architectural, Community development, Education
This home was originally built on Highland Road on the site of the Memorial Gymnasium addition to Borden Gym and was moved to Hidden Field in 1950. The building was listed in the Seminary purchase by Phillips Academy Trustees in 1908 as a bindery. The former Phillips District Schoolhouse (now 1924 House) sat next door to the east. The house was remodeled in 1889 and an additional ell added by Hardy & Cole of Andover. Professor David Young Comstock, a Latin teacher at the Academy from 1874 - 1892 lived here for many years. The house updated in 1935 and was named in his honor in 1941.
Inventory Data:
| Street | Hidden Field |
| Place | Phillips District |
| Historic District | Academy Hill NRH District |
| Historic District | Andover Historic Building Survey |
| Historic Name | Comstock House |
| Present Use | residence |
| Original Use | residence |
| Construction Date | early 19th century |
| Source | Robert A. Domingue's book "Phillips Academy Andover Massachusetts |
| Architectural Style | Federal |
| Foundation | brick/stone |
| Wall/Trim | clapboards/wood |
| Roof | asphalt - gable |
| Outbuildings / Secondary Structures | modern garage |
| Major Alterations | 1889 ell addition, remodeled in 1935, |
| Condition | good |
| Moved? | Yes |
| Move Details | Moved in 1950 for construction of Memorial Gym. |
| Acreage | less than one acre; lot size: 0.740 acres; Approximate frontage: 180' |
| Setting | residential/educational |
| Map and parcel | 57-55A |
| Recorded by | Stack/Mofford, James S. Batchelder |
| Organization | Andover Preservation Commission |
| Date entered | 1975 - 1977, 12/6/2017 |
