207 Shawsheen Road

Architectural Description: 

NRDIS NRMRA
mid 20th century Cape Cod style home.

Historical Narrative: 

Certificate on file as National Register of Historic Places.

The land was once owned by Grace E. Merrick and she sold off lots for housing. Alexander & Bertha Ritchie purchased the property in Jan. 1940 and built the house. Their daughter Jane Ritchie Shaw was also included in the ownership deed. The property was transferred to Felicia Sholik in October 1948. Then back to the Richie family with several deed corrections done through the years. Alex Ritchie died on July 26, 1967. Bertha & daughter Jane R. Shaw sold the property on April 27, 1972 to Robert B. & Pamela A. Read. They remained for 23 years selling to Paul W. & Jeanne M. Madden in Oct. 1995. Spiro C. Pappadopoulos purchased the homme in Mar. 2006 and sold six year later to Rady & Kretcha Roldan in August 2012.

Bibliography/References: 

Grace E. Merrick 1940 tract of land
Alexander & Bertha Ritchie - Jan. 30, 1940 - 628 p. 189
Felicia Sholik - Oct. 15, 1948 - b. 717 p. 283
Alexander & Bertha Ritchie and Jane (Ritchie) Shaw -
Oct. 15, 1948 - b. 717 p. 283
Alexander & Bertha Ritchie - Dec.24, 1963 - b. 1001 p. 93 correction
Bertha Ritchie & Jane (Ritchie) Shaw - Jan. 25, 1964 - b. 1004 p. 14 correction
Jane (Ritchie) Shaw - Apr. 27, 1972 b. 1191 p. 687
Bertha Ritchie - widow
Robert & Pamela Read - Apr. 27, 1972 - b. 1191 p. 689
Paul W. & Jeanne M. Madden - Oct. 13, 1995 b. 4374
p. 13
Spiro C. Pappadopoulas - Mar. 6, 2006 - b. 10107
p. 314
Rady & Kretcha Roldan - Aug. 31, 2012 - b. 13098
p. 206

Inventory Data:

StreetShawsheen Rd
PlaceWest Parish - West Andover
Historic DistrictWest Parish Center NRH District
Present Useresidence
Original Useresidence
Construction Date1940
SourceAndover Bldg. Survey
Architectural StyleOther
Architect/BuilderAlexander Ritchie
Foundationstone and concrete
Wall/Trimshingle/wood
Roofgable - asphalt
Conditiongood
Acreage0.349 acre
Settingresidential
Map and parcel89-15
MHC NumberANV.1194
Recorded byJames S. Batchelder
OrganizationAndover Preservation Commission
Date entered1975-77, updated 1/2014

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